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Low temperature pressure stabilisation of implant component

EP 1072276 B1 · Applicant: DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

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  • Filed July 28, 2000 and granted April 9, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 28, 2020.
  • 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 28, 2026.
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FiledJuly 28, 2000
PublishedJanuary 31, 2001
GrantedApril 9, 2003
Term endedJuly 28, 2020
Application numberEP 00306470
Classification (CPC)A61L27/16 +2 more

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