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Support for a carrying or lifting device, particularly lifting device for patient

EP 0826357 B1 · Applicant: EISEN- UND DRAHTWERK ERLAU AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed July 25, 1997 and granted December 4, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 25, 2017.
  • 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 January 25, 2023.
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FiledJuly 25, 1997
PublishedMarch 4, 1998
GrantedDecember 4, 2002
Term endedJuly 25, 2017
Application numberEP 97112825
Classification (CPC)A61G7/10 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedJuly 25, 1997PublishedMarch 4, 1998Patent grantedDec 4, 2002Term endedJuly 25, 2017

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