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Preparation methods of tissue for implantation

EP 0871414 B1 · Applicant: CRYOLIFE, INC

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  • Filed February 27, 1995 and granted April 28, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 27, 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 August 27, 2020.
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FiledFebruary 27, 1995
PublishedOctober 21, 1998
GrantedApril 28, 2004
Term endedFebruary 27, 2015
Application numberEP 95911929
Classification (CPC)A61L27/38 +2 more

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