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Capping and cleaning device for ink jet print heads

EP 0087759 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed February 23, 1983 and granted January 28, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 2003.
  • 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 August 23, 2008.
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FiledFebruary 23, 1983
PublishedSeptember 7, 1983
GrantedJanuary 28, 1987
Term endedFebruary 23, 2003
Application numberEP 83101787
Classification (CPC)B41J2/16535

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedFeb 23, 1983PublishedSep 7, 1983Patent grantedJan 28, 1987Term endedFeb 23, 2003

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