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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward J Cragoe, Jr, Lansdale, PA (US);
John B Bicking, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09F / ; C11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
260405 ; 260404 ; 2604025 ; 260408 ; 260399 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to aryloxy-, alkoxy-, arylthio-, and alkylthio-11,12-seco-prostaglandins and to processes for their manufacture. These compounds have prostaglandin-like activity and are particularly useful in fertility control such as for estrus synchronization in animals and postcoital contraceptive agents in humans.