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Electronic memory device, especially suited for implanting medical devices

EP 0883129 B1 · Applicant: BIOTRONIK Mess- und Therapiegeräte GmbH & Co Ingenieurbüro Berlin

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  • Filed May 20, 1998 and granted April 9, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 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 November 20, 2023.
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FiledMay 20, 1998
PublishedDecember 9, 1998
GrantedApril 9, 2003
Term endedMay 20, 2018
Application numberEP 98109156
Classification (CPC)G11C5/06 +1 more

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