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An implantable containment apparatus for a therapeutical device and method for loading and reloading the device therein

EP 0773752 A1 · Applicant: Gore Hybrid Technologies, Inc.

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  • Filed June 3, 1996 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 3, 2016.
  • 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 December 3, 2021.
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FiledJune 3, 1996
PublishedMay 21, 1997
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJune 3, 2016
Application numberEP 96917017
Classification (CPC)A61F2/022

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