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Enteric coated pharmaceutical composition and method of manufacturing

EP 1079809 B1 · Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

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  • Filed August 4, 1998 and granted December 7, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 4, 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 February 4, 2024.
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FiledAugust 4, 1998
PublishedMarch 7, 2001
GrantedDecember 7, 2005
Term endedAugust 4, 2018
Application numberEP 98938302
Classification (CPC)A61K9/5073 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedAug 4, 1998PublishedMarch 7, 2001Patent grantedDec 7, 2005Term endedAug 4, 2018

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