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Low calorie fat substitute

EP 0757031 B1 · Applicant: PFIZER INC.

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  • Filed May 20, 1992 and granted March 15, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 2012.
  • 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 November 20, 2017.
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FiledMay 20, 1992
PublishedFebruary 5, 1997
GrantedMarch 15, 2000
Term endedMay 20, 2012
Application numberEP 96200174
Classification (CPC)C07C69/52 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMay 20, 1992PublishedFeb 5, 1997Patent grantedMarch 15, 2000Term endedMay 20, 2012

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