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Apparatus for drying coated sheet material

EP 0074405 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed March 26, 1982 and granted June 7, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 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 September 26, 2007.
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FiledMarch 26, 1982
PublishedMarch 23, 1983
GrantedJune 7, 1989
Term endedMarch 26, 2002
Application numberEP 82901454
Classification (CPC)F26B13/10 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedMarch 26, 1982PublishedMarch 23, 1983Patent grantedJune 7, 1989Term endedMarch 26, 2002

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