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Method for the production of soft gelatine capsules

EP 0205602 B1 · Applicant: R.P. Scherer GmbH

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  • Filed December 6, 1985 and granted July 4, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 6, 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 June 6, 2011.
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FiledDecember 6, 1985
PublishedDecember 30, 1986
GrantedJuly 4, 1990
Term endedDecember 6, 2005
Application numberEP 86900656
Classification (CPC)A61K9/4858

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 6, 1985PublishedDec 30, 1986Patent grantedJuly 4, 1990Term endedDec 6, 2005

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