Yep pinhigh, at least 8 years remain on BIEL's Patent
Companies can effectively extend their patent life by adding improvements to their product and filing for a new patent.
Someone brought up BIEL's Patents in a PM and was concerned about expirations, I thought it may be good to post as others may also be interested
Patents are valid for 20 years from the date of the application and no shorter than 17 years from the date of approval.
PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DEVICE WITH ADHESIVE
APPLICATOR (valid until 10/2032)
Publication number: 20140249355
Filed: October 22, 2012
Publication date: September 4, 2014
Electromagnetic therapy device and methods (valid until 4/2030)
Patent number: 8412328
Filed: May 21, 2003
Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
This Patent has the following statement: "This application is a continuation-in-part and claims the benefit of priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/384,101, filed Mar. 6, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,551,957 and entitled “Electromagnetic Therapy Device and Methods,” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety." ( looks like BIEL may have done some duplication filing and delayed approval that extended the original patent life 4 years)
Insole Electromagnetic Therapy Device (valid until 3/2032)
Publication number: 20120245403
Filed: March 23, 2012
Publication date: September 27, 2012
Electromagnetic therapy device and methods (valid until 6/2026)
Patent number: 7551957
Filed: March 6, 2003
Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
Pulsed electromagnetic field device with peel-off style mounting strip (valid until 10/2031)
Patent number: D706432
Filed: October 5, 2011
Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
