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1-Carba-6-(1-hydroxyethyl)-2-carbonyl-penem-3-carboxylic acid, process for preparing and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same

EP 0054971 B1 · Applicant: Merck & Co., Inc.

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  • Filed December 23, 1981 and granted July 11, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 23, 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 June 23, 2007.
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FiledDecember 23, 1981
PublishedJune 30, 1982
GrantedJuly 11, 1984
Term endedDecember 23, 2001
Application numberEP 81110740
Classification (CPC)C07D477/14 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 23, 1981PublishedJune 30, 1982Patent grantedJuly 11, 1984Term endedDec 23, 2001

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