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Progesterone derivatives, process for their production, and pharmaceutical compositions

EP 0047016 B1 · Applicant: MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

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  • Filed September 1, 1981 and granted September 14, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 1, 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 March 1, 2007.
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FiledSeptember 1, 1981
PublishedMarch 10, 1982
GrantedSeptember 14, 1983
Term endedSeptember 1, 2001
Application numberEP 81106838
Classification (CPC)C07J43/003 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedSep 1, 1981PublishedMarch 10, 1982Patent grantedSep 14, 1983Term endedSep 1, 2001

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