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Short-chain peptide dye conjugates used as contrast agents for optical diagnostics

EP 1176987 B1 · Applicant: INSTITUT FÜR DIAGNOSTIKFORSCHUNG GmbH AN DER FREIEN UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN

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  • Filed March 28, 2000 and granted February 11, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 2020.
  • 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 28, 2025.
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FiledMarch 28, 2000
PublishedFebruary 6, 2002
GrantedFebruary 11, 2004
Term endedMarch 28, 2020
Application numberEP 00922560
Classification (CPC)C07K1/1077 +2 more

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