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Osteosynthetic device for treating subtrochanteric and pertrochanteric fractures and fractures of the neck of the femur

EP 0701419 B1 · Applicant: ENDOCARE AG

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  • Filed May 10, 1994 and granted August 27, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 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 November 10, 2019.
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FiledMay 10, 1994
PublishedMarch 20, 1996
GrantedAugust 27, 1997
Term endedMay 10, 2014
Application numberEP 94917609
Classification (CPC)A61B17/1725 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 10, 1994PublishedMarch 20, 1996Patent grantedAug 27, 1997Term endedMay 10, 2014

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