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Metered dose inhaler for beclomethasone dipropionate

EP 0820414 B1 · Applicant: GLAXO WELLCOME INC.

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  • Filed April 11, 1996 and granted February 4, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 11, 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 October 11, 2021.
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FiledApril 11, 1996
PublishedJanuary 28, 1998
GrantedFebruary 4, 2004
Term endedApril 11, 2016
Application numberEP 96911713
Classification (CPC)A61K9/008 +2 more

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