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Medicaments against impotence

EP 0459666 B1 · Applicant: PFIZER INC.

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  • Filed May 17, 1991 and granted November 9, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 17, 2011.
  • 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 17, 2016.
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FiledMay 17, 1991
PublishedDecember 4, 1991
GrantedNovember 9, 1994
Term endedMay 17, 2011
Application numberEP 91304430
Classification (CPC)A61K31/505 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 17, 1991PublishedDec 4, 1991Patent grantedNov 9, 1994Term endedMay 17, 2011

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