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Immunogenic cell envelope preparations

EP 0004137 B1 · Applicant: NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 15, 1979 and granted November 11, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 15, 1999.
  • 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 August 15, 2004.
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FiledFebruary 15, 1979
PublishedSeptember 19, 1979
GrantedNovember 11, 1981
Term endedFebruary 15, 1999
Application numberEP 79300235
Classification (CPC)A61K39/099

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedFeb 15, 1979PublishedSep 19, 1979Patent grantedNov 11, 1981Term endedFeb 15, 1999

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