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Surgical stapler

EP 0677273 B1 · Applicant: UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 16, 1991 and granted June 3, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 2011.
  • 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 June 16, 2017.
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FiledDecember 16, 1991
PublishedOctober 18, 1995
GrantedJune 3, 1998
Term endedDecember 16, 2011
Application numberEP 95111156
Classification (CPC)A61B17/07207

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedDec 16, 1991PublishedOct 18, 1995Patent grantedJune 3, 1998Term endedDec 16, 2011

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