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Self-blunting needle medical devices and methods of manufacture thereof

EP 1007116 A1 · Applicant: BIO-PLEXUS, INC.

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  • Filed December 15, 1997 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 15, 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 June 15, 2023.
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FiledDecember 15, 1997
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedDecember 15, 2017
Application numberEP 97953150
Classification (CPC)A61M25/0643

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