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Process for penicillin epimerization

EP 0037729 B1 · Applicant: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY

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  • Filed April 6, 1981 and granted January 25, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 6, 2001.
  • 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 6, 2006.
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FiledApril 6, 1981
PublishedOctober 14, 1981
GrantedJanuary 25, 1984
Term endedApril 6, 2001
Application numberEP 81301479
Classification (CPC)C07D499/00

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedApril 6, 1981PublishedOct 14, 1981Patent grantedJan 25, 1984Term endedApril 6, 2001

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