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Cobalt (III) complex-containing image-forming compositions

EP 0044729 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed July 17, 1981 and granted September 26, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 17, 2001.
  • 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 January 17, 2007.
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FiledJuly 17, 1981
PublishedJanuary 27, 1982
GrantedSeptember 26, 1984
Term endedJuly 17, 2001
Application numberEP 81303297
Classification (CPC)B41M5/32

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJuly 17, 1981PublishedJan 27, 1982Patent grantedSep 26, 1984Term endedJuly 17, 2001

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