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Use of microparticles combined with submicron oil-in-water emulsions

EP 1042001 B1 · Applicant: CHIRON CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 29, 1998 and granted April 3, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 2018.
  • 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 July 29, 2023.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1998
PublishedOctober 11, 2000
GrantedApril 3, 2002
Term endedJanuary 29, 2018
Application numberEP 98904739
Classification (CPC)A61K39/12 +2 more

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