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Method for use of the yeast-ADH-II promotersystem for the biotechnological production of heterologous proteins in high yield

EP 0776975 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed November 15, 1996 and granted September 29, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 2016.
  • 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 May 15, 2022.
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FiledNovember 15, 1996
PublishedJune 4, 1997
GrantedSeptember 29, 2004
Term endedNovember 15, 2016
Application numberEP 96118309
Classification (CPC)C07K14/815 +2 more

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