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Method for recovering purified growth hormones from genetically engineered microorganisms

EP 0173215 B1 · Applicant: BIO-TECHNOLOGY GENERAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 19, 1985 and granted June 9, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 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 February 19, 2011.
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FiledAugust 19, 1985
PublishedMarch 5, 1986
GrantedJune 9, 1993
Term endedAugust 19, 2005
Application numberEP 85110371
Classification (CPC)C07K14/61

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedAug 19, 1985PublishedMarch 5, 1986Patent grantedJune 9, 1993Term endedAug 19, 2005

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