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Use of 15-ketoprostaglandin E or F compounds for uterine contraction

EP 0342003 B1 · Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyujo

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  • Filed May 10, 1989 and granted September 8, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 2009.
  • 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 10, 2014.
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FiledMay 10, 1989
PublishedNovember 15, 1989
GrantedSeptember 8, 1993
Term endedMay 10, 2009
Application numberEP 89304724
Classification (CPC)A61K31/557

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