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Image processing apparatus and method therefor

CA 2001251 C · Owner: Ohmura, Hiroshi · Inventors: Ohmura, Hiroshi

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The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and a method therefor for processing an input image and recording it on a recording medium. In particular, a predetermined original is registered in order to prevent bank bills or securities from being forged by color copying so that an original which is determined to be in coincidence with the registered original is subjected to a different processing from a usual processing.

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  • Filed October 23, 1989 and granted October 18, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 23, 2009.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 23, 2011.
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FiledOctober 23, 1989
GrantedOctober 18, 1994
Term endedOctober 23, 2009
Patent numberCA 2001251 C
Classification (IPC)G07D7/20 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 23, 1989Patent grantedOct 18, 1994Term endedOct 23, 2009

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