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EP 0015985 B1 · Applicant: NORPRINT LIMITED

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  • Filed May 23, 1979 and granted May 12, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 1999.
  • 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 November 23, 2004.
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FiledMay 23, 1979
PublishedMay 12, 1982
GrantedMay 12, 1982
Term endedMay 23, 1999
Application numberEP 79900498
Classification (CPC)B41K5/003 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMay 23, 1979PublishedMay 12, 1982Patent grantedMay 12, 1982Term endedMay 23, 1999

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