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Device for delivering fiber material into a body

EP 1018949 B1 · Applicant: Boston Scientific Limited

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  • Filed September 30, 1998 and granted August 24, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 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 March 30, 2024.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1998
PublishedJuly 19, 2000
GrantedAugust 24, 2005
Term endedSeptember 30, 2018
Application numberEP 98949605
Classification (CPC)A61B17/0483 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedSep 30, 1998PublishedJuly 19, 2000Patent grantedAug 24, 2005Term endedSep 30, 2018

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