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Intramedullary nail for the tibia

EP 1180980 B1 · Applicant: I.T.S. Implantat-Technologie-Systeme GmbH

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  • Filed May 18, 2000 and granted March 29, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 18, 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 November 18, 2025.
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FiledMay 18, 2000
PublishedFebruary 27, 2002
GrantedMarch 29, 2006
Term endedMay 18, 2020
Application numberEP 00936523
Classification (CPC)A61B17/72 +2 more

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