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Colour image sensing

EP 0015711 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed February 27, 1980 and granted April 27, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 27, 2000.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by August 27, 2005.
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FiledFebruary 27, 1980
PublishedSeptember 17, 1980
GrantedApril 27, 1983
Term endedFebruary 27, 2000
Application numberEP 80300584
Classification (CPC)H04N23/125 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedFeb 27, 1980PublishedSep 17, 1980Patent grantedApril 27, 1983Term endedFeb 27, 2000

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