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EP 1282456 B1 · Applicant: Boston Scientific Limited

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  • Filed March 16, 2001 and granted October 26, 2016. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 16, 2021.
  • 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 16, 2026.
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FiledMarch 16, 2001
PublishedFebruary 12, 2003
GrantedOctober 26, 2016
Term endedMarch 16, 2021
Application numberEP 01923332
Classification (CPC)A61M25/09

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