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7-N-Heterocyclyl cephalosporins, a process for preparing and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same

EP 0018595 B1 · Applicant: Merck & Co., Inc.

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  • Filed April 24, 1980 and granted August 20, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 24, 2000.
  • 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 24, 2005.
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FiledApril 24, 1980
PublishedNovember 12, 1980
GrantedAugust 20, 1986
Term endedApril 24, 2000
Application numberEP 80102203
Classification (CPC)C07D505/00 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 24, 1980PublishedNov 12, 1980Patent grantedAug 20, 1986Term endedApril 24, 2000

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