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Process for preparing protease inhibitors

EP 0038132 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED

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  • Filed March 26, 1981 and granted October 12, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 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 September 26, 2006.
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FiledMarch 26, 1981
PublishedOctober 21, 1981
GrantedOctober 12, 1983
Term endedMarch 26, 2001
Application numberEP 81301314
Classification (CPC)C07K5/0205 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMarch 26, 1981PublishedOct 21, 1981Patent grantedOct 12, 1983Term endedMarch 26, 2001

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