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Applicator for an external urinary catheter and urinary catheter incorporating such applicator

EP 0580470 B1 · Applicant: SYNTHELABO

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  • Filed June 30, 1993 and granted May 19, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 30, 2013.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by December 30, 2018.
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FiledJune 30, 1993
PublishedJanuary 26, 1994
GrantedMay 19, 1999
Term endedJune 30, 2013
Application numberEP 93401699
Classification (CPC)A61F6/00 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJune 30, 1993PublishedJan 26, 1994Patent grantedMay 19, 1999Term endedJune 30, 2013

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