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Hemostatic plug

EP 0773740 B1 · Applicant: SCHNEIDER (USA) INC.

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  • Filed November 17, 1993 and granted November 3, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 2013.
  • 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 May 17, 2019.
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FiledNovember 17, 1993
PublishedMay 21, 1997
GrantedNovember 3, 1999
Term endedNovember 17, 2013
Application numberEP 94901456
Classification (CPC)A61B17/0057

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedNov 17, 1993PublishedMay 21, 1997Patent grantedNov 3, 1999Term endedNov 17, 2013

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