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Diagnostic assay for latent matrix metalloproteinase no. 9

EP 0670849 B1 · Applicant: BAYER CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 28, 1993 and granted August 27, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 28, 2019.
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FiledOctober 28, 1993
PublishedSeptember 13, 1995
GrantedAugust 27, 2003
Term endedOctober 28, 2013
Application numberEP 94900437
Classification (CPC)C07K16/40

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