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Portable pain-killing apparatus

EP 0702967 B1 · Applicant: TSUKADA MEDICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD.

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  • Filed April 11, 1994 and granted November 7, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 11, 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 October 11, 2019.
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FiledApril 11, 1994
PublishedMarch 27, 1996
GrantedNovember 7, 2001
Term endedApril 11, 2014
Application numberEP 94912088
Classification (CPC)A61M5/1424

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 11, 1994PublishedMarch 27, 1996Patent grantedNov 7, 2001Term endedApril 11, 2014

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