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Powered wheelchair with adjustable center of gravity and independent suspension

EP 0677285 B1 · Applicant: INVACARE CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 20, 1995 and granted May 10, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 2015.
  • 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 August 20, 2020.
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FiledFebruary 20, 1995
PublishedOctober 18, 1995
GrantedMay 10, 2000
Term endedFebruary 20, 2015
Application numberEP 95301059
Classification (CPC)A61G5/1089 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedFeb 20, 1995PublishedOct 18, 1995Patent grantedMay 10, 2000Term endedFeb 20, 2015

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