Expired European patentEurope
Photosensitive elements, colour image transfer film units and image dye providing compounds for use therein
EP 0053040 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)
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- Filed November 24, 1981 and granted February 12, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 24, 2001.
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FiledNovember 24, 1981
PublishedJune 2, 1982
GrantedFebruary 12, 1986
Term endedNovember 24, 2001
Application numberEP 81305558
Classification (CPC)G03C8/10
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