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Novel somatotropins

EP 0403601 B1 · Applicant: MONSANTO COMPANY

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  • Filed August 28, 1989 and granted April 28, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 28, 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 February 28, 2015.
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FiledAugust 28, 1989
PublishedDecember 27, 1990
GrantedApril 28, 1993
Term endedAugust 28, 2009
Application numberEP 89910508
Classification (CPC)A61P15/00 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedAug 28, 1989PublishedDec 27, 1990Patent grantedApril 28, 1993Term endedAug 28, 2009

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