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A self-valving connecting device and its use

EP 0675744 B1 · Applicant: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.

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  • Filed September 20, 1994 and granted August 5, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 20, 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 March 20, 2020.
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FiledSeptember 20, 1994
PublishedOctober 11, 1995
GrantedAugust 5, 1998
Term endedSeptember 20, 2014
Application numberEP 94928636
Classification (CPC)A61M39/26 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedSep 20, 1994PublishedOct 11, 1995Patent grantedAug 5, 1998Term endedSep 20, 2014

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