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Use of zinc salts of conjugated linoleic acids to treat skin disorders

EP 1014967 B1 · Applicant: KAPPA PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED

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  • Filed October 16, 1997 and granted December 7, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 2017.
  • 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 April 16, 2023.
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FiledOctober 16, 1997
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedDecember 7, 2005
Term endedOctober 16, 2017
Application numberEP 97909433
Classification (CPC)A61P17/00 +2 more

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