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Farnesyl:protein transferase inhibitors as anticancer agents

EP 0686159 B1 · Applicant: MERRELL PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

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  • Filed January 24, 1994 and granted October 8, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 24, 2014.
  • 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 24, 2019.
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FiledJanuary 24, 1994
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedOctober 8, 1997
Term endedJanuary 24, 2014
Application numberEP 94909497
Classification (CPC)C07F9/3826 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJan 24, 1994PublishedDec 13, 1995Patent grantedOct 8, 1997Term endedJan 24, 2014

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