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Topical drug for the treatment of viral infections

EP 1096947 B1 · Applicant: Engelhard Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed May 22, 1999 and granted August 4, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 22, 2019.
  • 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 November 22, 2024.
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FiledMay 22, 1999
PublishedMay 9, 2001
GrantedAugust 4, 2004
Term endedMay 22, 2019
Application numberEP 99925030
Classification (CPC)A61P31/12 +2 more

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