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Injection device

EP 1016512 A2 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed May 9, 1997 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 9, 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 November 9, 2022.
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FiledMay 9, 1997
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMay 9, 2017
Application numberEP 00107816
Classification (CPC)B29C45/531 +2 more

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