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Process for producing recombinant insulin from novel fused protein

EP 1179593 B1 · Applicant: Itoham Foods Inc.

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  • Filed April 26, 2000 and granted December 19, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 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 October 26, 2025.
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FiledApril 26, 2000
PublishedFebruary 13, 2002
GrantedDecember 19, 2007
Term endedApril 26, 2020
Application numberEP 00921035
Classification (CPC)C07K14/575 +1 more

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