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Endometrial tissue curette and method

EP 0873080 A1 · Applicant: MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

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  • Filed December 26, 1996 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 26, 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 June 26, 2022.
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FiledDecember 26, 1996
PublishedOctober 28, 1998
GrantedNever granted
Term endedDecember 26, 2016
Application numberEP 96945114
Classification (CPC)A61B10/0291 +1 more

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