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- noun   Any of several 
antibiotics including thecephalosporins andcephamycins (cephams ) 
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Takeda originally filed a patent application disclosing certain cephem compounds and the process for making those compounds in Japan in 1974, and in the U.S. in 1975.
CAFC: Subsequent Developments OK For Double-Patenting Distinction Peter Zura 2009
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Takeda originally filed a patent application disclosing certain cephem compounds and the process for making those compounds in Japan in 1974, and in the U.S. in 1975.
Archive 2009-04-01 Peter Zura 2009
 
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