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Dimensionally adjustable soft tissue expander

EP 0752836 B1 · Applicant: Manders, Ernest C.

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  • Filed March 22, 1995 and granted July 18, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 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 September 22, 2020.
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FiledMarch 22, 1995
PublishedJanuary 15, 1997
GrantedJuly 18, 2001
Term endedMarch 22, 2015
Application numberEP 95914845
Classification (CPC)A61B90/02

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMarch 22, 1995PublishedJan 15, 1997Patent grantedJuly 18, 2001Term endedMarch 22, 2015

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