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Device for oral administration to a ruminant animal

EP 0010987 B1 · Applicant: BEECHAM GROUP PLC

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  • Filed November 5, 1979 and granted October 5, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 5, 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 May 5, 2005.
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FiledNovember 5, 1979
PublishedMay 14, 1980
GrantedOctober 5, 1983
Term endedNovember 5, 1999
Application numberEP 79302445
Classification (CPC)A61D7/00 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedNov 5, 1979PublishedMay 14, 1980Patent grantedOct 5, 1983Term endedNov 5, 1999

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