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Electrotransport system

EP 0776677 B1 · Applicant: ALZA CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 30, 1993 and granted March 8, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 30, 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 June 30, 2019.
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FiledDecember 30, 1993
PublishedJune 4, 1997
GrantedMarch 8, 2000
Term endedDecember 30, 2013
Application numberEP 97200217
Classification (CPC)A61N1/325 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedDec 30, 1993PublishedJune 4, 1997Patent grantedMarch 8, 2000Term endedDec 30, 2013

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