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Apheresis apparatus

EP 0696211 B1 · Applicant: HAEMONETICS CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 15, 1994 and granted September 20, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 15, 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 August 15, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 15, 1994
PublishedFebruary 14, 1996
GrantedSeptember 20, 2000
Term endedFebruary 15, 2014
Application numberEP 94914689
Classification (CPC)A61M1/30 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 15, 1994PublishedFeb 14, 1996Patent grantedSep 20, 2000Term endedFeb 15, 2014

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