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Use of fibroblast growth factors to stimulate bone growth

EP 0881908 B1 · Applicant: RHONE-POULENC RORER PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

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  • Filed March 6, 1995 and granted June 16, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 6, 2015.
  • 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 September 6, 2020.
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FiledMarch 6, 1995
PublishedDecember 9, 1998
GrantedJune 16, 2004
Term endedMarch 6, 2015
Application numberEP 95914690
Classification (CPC)A61P5/00 +2 more

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