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Modular fluid guidance piece with internal temperature control

EP 1282735 B1 · Applicant: Zimmer Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed April 17, 2001 and granted June 14, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 17, 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 October 17, 2026.
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FiledApril 17, 2001
PublishedFebruary 12, 2003
GrantedJune 14, 2006
Term endedApril 17, 2021
Application numberEP 01947227
Classification (CPC)D01F2/00 +2 more

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2002200420062008201020122014201620182020Application filedApril 17, 2001PublishedFeb 12, 2003Patent grantedJune 14, 2006Term endedApril 17, 2021

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