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Fountain solutions suitable for use in lithographic offset printing

EP 0066176 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 17, 1982 and granted January 9, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 17, 2002.
  • 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 17, 2007.
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FiledMay 17, 1982
PublishedDecember 8, 1982
GrantedJanuary 9, 1985
Term endedMay 17, 2002
Application numberEP 82104326
Classification (CPC)B41N3/08

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedMay 17, 1982PublishedDec 8, 1982Patent grantedJan 9, 1985Term endedMay 17, 2002

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