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Water insoluble derivatives of hyaluronic acid

EP 0397652 B1 · Applicant: GENZYME CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 26, 1988 and granted June 5, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 26, 2008.
  • 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 26, 2014.
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FiledAugust 26, 1988
PublishedNovember 22, 1990
GrantedJune 5, 1996
Term endedAugust 26, 2008
Application numberEP 88908557
Classification (CPC)A61L31/14 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 26, 1988PublishedNov 22, 1990Patent grantedJune 5, 1996Term endedAug 26, 2008

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