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Identification and communication system for inflatable devices

EP 1017941 B1 · Applicant: HUNTLEIGH TECHNOLOGY PLC

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  • Filed July 23, 1999 and granted December 8, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 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 January 23, 2025.
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FiledJuly 23, 1999
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedDecember 8, 2004
Term endedJuly 23, 2019
Application numberEP 99934953
Classification (CPC)A61H9/0078 +2 more

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