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System and method for collecting platelets and other blood components

EP 1161269 B1 · Applicant: TRANSFUSION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 14, 2000 and granted July 12, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 14, 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 September 14, 2025.
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FiledMarch 14, 2000
PublishedDecember 12, 2001
GrantedJuly 12, 2006
Term endedMarch 14, 2020
Application numberEP 00912217
Classification (CPC)A61M1/3693 +2 more

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