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Epicondylar axis referencing drill guide

EP 1013232 B1 · Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc.

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  • Filed December 17, 1999 and granted October 26, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 17, 2019.
  • 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 17, 2025.
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FiledDecember 17, 1999
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedOctober 26, 2005
Term endedDecember 17, 2019
Application numberEP 99310229
Classification (CPC)A61B17/155

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