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Process for purifying polypeptide

EP 0480048 B1 · Applicant: SHISEIDO COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed March 29, 1991 and granted February 5, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 September 29, 2016.
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FiledMarch 29, 1991
PublishedApril 15, 1992
GrantedFebruary 5, 1997
Term endedMarch 29, 2011
Application numberEP 91906510
Classification (CPC)C07K1/16 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMarch 29, 1991PublishedApril 15, 1992Patent grantedFeb 5, 1997Term endedMarch 29, 2011

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