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N-heterocyclyl thienamycins, process for preparing and antibiotic pharmaceutical composition containing the same

EP 0021082 B1 · Applicant: Merck & Co., Inc.

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  • Filed May 28, 1980 and granted August 12, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 28, 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 November 28, 2005.
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FiledMay 28, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedAugust 12, 1987
Term endedMay 28, 2000
Application numberEP 80102965
Classification (CPC)C07D477/20 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMay 28, 1980PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedAug 12, 1987Term endedMay 28, 2000

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