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Method for inhibiting hiv replication using il-4

EP 0656785 B1 · Applicant: SCHERING CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 17, 1993 and granted March 11, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 17, 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 February 17, 2019.
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FiledAugust 17, 1993
PublishedJune 14, 1995
GrantedMarch 11, 1998
Term endedAugust 17, 2013
Application numberEP 93920000
Classification (CPC)A61P31/12 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedAug 17, 1993PublishedJune 14, 1995Patent grantedMarch 11, 1998Term endedAug 17, 2013

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