Daniel, The records show that the extension for 586 days has been issued on 01-16-2004.
niek On 12 jan, 02:33, Daniel Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Suzieq, > > That was my error! I had read about it being approved on another website. The > application for extension from May 28, 2013 for 586 days to January 4, 2015 > has not been approved yet. However, it is still listed as in process. Sprycel > also has a request for a very short extension for something like 76 days to > June 28, 2020. You will find both drugs on the last 3 pages of the United > States Patent and Trademark Office web site, which I have attached below. If > you click on the patent number to the left of the drug name, it will pull up > the actual application. > > You might also find the battle Novartis is having with India over patent > issues interesting. Google: Novartis gleevec patent in india. > > http://www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/terms/156.jsp > > On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Suzieq wrote: > > > Hello again from a very cold & snowy Missouri: > > > What great discussion this has been & hearing from all of you on the > > differences of cost and what we've all been through....well, I've > > enjoyed it a lot. > > > Had my six month's check up yesterday. Doc says everything looks very > > good. I personally thought that my counts were a little bit low, but > > think they've ran a little on the anemic side since the beginning and > > no one seems concerned, so guess I shouldn't be either. (smile) She > > said that we'ld stay on the six month's visits unless there was a > > noticeable change in the BCR-ABL that comes in a couple of weeks. We > > talked about my 7 year anniversary & she told me that I was in that > > "pioneer" group of being on Gleevec for a long period & that right > > now, no one (medical field) knows about whether it will be a cure for > > CML or just what might occur down the road. I thought to myself, well > > there are others who've been on it longer than me. (smile) I don't > > really feel much like a "pioneer", but I am very happy that when I > > was dx'ed, there was a drug for it. > > > By the way, who posted about Novartis getting the extension on the > > patent for Gleevec? And, is there a link to the article? My doc > > hadn't heard anything about that. > > > And, a great big HOWDY to Skip & congrats for surviving going on your > > 34th year with CML. You inspire all the rest of us to keep fighting > > each & every day! God bless you and all you other's who've paved the > > way before us! > > > Suzieq > > > -- > > [CMLHope] > > A support group ofhttp://cmlhope.com > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CMLHope" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > > -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope

