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Blood lancet device for obtaining blood samples for diagnosis purposes

EP 0630609 B1 · Applicant: Roche Diagnostics GmbH

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  • Filed June 13, 1994 and granted October 4, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 13, 2014.
  • 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 13, 2019.
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FiledJune 13, 1994
PublishedDecember 28, 1994
GrantedOctober 4, 2001
Term endedJune 13, 2014
Application numberEP 94109001
Classification (CPC)A61B5/150519 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJune 13, 1994PublishedDec 28, 1994Patent grantedOct 4, 2001Term endedJune 13, 2014

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