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Adaptor for connecting tubes to an animal

EP 0688993 B1 · Applicant: TSUMURA & CO.

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  • Filed June 19, 1995 and granted March 28, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 19, 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 December 19, 2020.
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FiledJune 19, 1995
PublishedDecember 27, 1995
GrantedMarch 28, 2001
Term endedJune 19, 2015
Application numberEP 95304235
Classification (CPC)F16L39/06 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJune 19, 1995PublishedDec 27, 1995Patent grantedMarch 28, 2001Term endedJune 19, 2015

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