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  • noun Any of several antibiotics including the cephalosporins and cephamycins (cephams)

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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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