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Ostomy coupling

EP 1013250 B1 · Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

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  • Filed December 13, 1999 and granted February 25, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 13, 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 13, 2025.
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FiledDecember 13, 1999
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedFebruary 25, 2004
Term endedDecember 13, 2019
Application numberEP 99309999
Classification (CPC)A61F5/448

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