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A collection bag for urine from urine-incontinent and urostomy-operated humans as well as an outlet valve system therefor

EP 0680296 B1 · Applicant: COLOPLAST A/S

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  • Filed March 3, 1993 and granted May 14, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 3, 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 September 3, 2018.
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FiledMarch 3, 1993
PublishedNovember 8, 1995
GrantedMay 14, 1997
Term endedMarch 3, 2013
Application numberEP 93906459
Classification (CPC)A61F5/4405

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedMarch 3, 1993PublishedNov 8, 1995Patent grantedMay 14, 1997Term endedMarch 3, 2013

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