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Pharmaceutical composition in sustained release unit dose form and process for its preparation

EP 0164959 B1 · Applicant: STERWIN AG.

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  • Filed May 30, 1985 and granted March 11, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 30, 2005.
  • 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 30, 2010.
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FiledMay 30, 1985
PublishedDecember 18, 1985
GrantedMarch 11, 1992
Term endedMay 30, 2005
Application numberEP 85303793
Classification (CPC)A61K31/44 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 30, 1985PublishedDec 18, 1985Patent grantedMarch 11, 1992Term endedMay 30, 2005

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