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Printer head for an ink-on-demand type ink-jet printer

EP 0052914 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 17, 1981 and granted August 14, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 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 December 17, 2006.
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FiledJune 17, 1981
PublishedJune 2, 1982
GrantedAugust 14, 1985
Term endedJune 17, 2001
Application numberEP 81302728
Classification (CPC)B41J2/17596

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJune 17, 1981PublishedJune 2, 1982Patent grantedAug 14, 1985Term endedJune 17, 2001

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