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Preparation for repairing cartilage defects or cartilage/bone defects in human or animal joints

EP 1498089 A1 · Applicant: Zimmer GmbH

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  • Filed December 12, 2000 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 12, 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 June 12, 2026.
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FiledDecember 12, 2000
PublishedJanuary 19, 2005
GrantedNever granted
Term endedDecember 12, 2020
Application numberEP 04020622
Classification (CPC)A61F2/28 +2 more

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