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Milling cutter for medical purposes

EP 0879577 B1 · Applicant: Precifar S.A.

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  • Filed April 2, 1998 and granted October 26, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 2, 2018.
  • 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 October 2, 2023.
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FiledApril 2, 1998
PublishedNovember 25, 1998
GrantedOctober 26, 2005
Term endedApril 2, 2018
Application numberEP 98810284
Classification (CPC)A61B17/1666

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