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Retardation preparation for a medicine

EP 0237538 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE D'ETUDES SCIENTIFIQUES ET INDUSTRIELLES DE L'ILE-DE-FRANCE

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  • Filed September 12, 1986 and granted August 21, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 2006.
  • 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 12, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1986
PublishedSeptember 23, 1987
GrantedAugust 21, 1991
Term endedSeptember 12, 2006
Application numberEP 86905319
Classification (CPC)A61K31/166 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedSep 12, 1986PublishedSep 23, 1987Patent grantedAug 21, 1991Term endedSep 12, 2006

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