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Animal cell transformant, method for obtaining the transformant and method for producing desired foreign gene product by using the transformant

EP 0246049 B1 · Applicant: MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc.

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  • Filed May 11, 1987 and granted August 18, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 11, 2007.
  • 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 11, 2012.
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FiledMay 11, 1987
PublishedNovember 19, 1987
GrantedAugust 18, 1993
Term endedMay 11, 2007
Application numberEP 87304152
Classification (CPC)C12N15/85 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMay 11, 1987PublishedNov 19, 1987Patent grantedAug 18, 1993Term endedMay 11, 2007

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