Method of inhibiting fertilization
US5516769A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P15/18
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Fertilization of an oocyte is inhibited by administering a fertilizing inhibitory amount of an antiprogestin to an ovulatory mammal in an amount which is insufficient to prevent ovulation but sufficient to inhibit fertilization, while the regularity of the menstrual cycle is sustained.
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