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Syringe with pneumatically retractable needle

EP 1011765 B1 · Applicant: L.O.M. Laboratories Inc.

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  • Filed April 1, 1998 and granted December 3, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 1, 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 1, 2023.
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FiledApril 1, 1998
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedDecember 3, 2003
Term endedApril 1, 2018
Application numberEP 98914734
Classification (CPC)A61M5/3234

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