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Femoral ancillary instrumentation for implanting a unicompartmental knee prosthesis

EP 0709061 B1 · Applicant: Bascoulergue, Gérard

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  • Filed October 27, 1995 and granted July 2, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 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 April 27, 2021.
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FiledOctober 27, 1995
PublishedMay 1, 1996
GrantedJuly 2, 2003
Term endedOctober 27, 2015
Application numberEP 95420299
Classification (CPC)A61B17/155

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedOct 27, 1995PublishedMay 1, 1996Patent grantedJuly 2, 2003Term endedOct 27, 2015

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