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Process for the preparation of imidazo(4,5-b)pyridine derivatives

EP 0554098 B1 · Applicant: ZENECA LIMITED

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  • Filed January 28, 1993 and granted September 2, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 28, 2013.
  • 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 July 28, 2018.
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FiledJanuary 28, 1993
PublishedAugust 4, 1993
GrantedSeptember 2, 1998
Term endedJanuary 28, 2013
Application numberEP 93300644
Classification (CPC)C07D471/04

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