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Electrophotographic imaging apparatus and method

EP 0093839 B1 · Applicant: Coulter Systems Corporation

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  • Filed February 16, 1983 and granted August 27, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 16, 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 16, 2008.
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FiledFebruary 16, 1983
PublishedNovember 16, 1983
GrantedAugust 27, 1986
Term endedFebruary 16, 2003
Application numberEP 83101485
Classification (CPC)G03G15/0163

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedFeb 16, 1983PublishedNov 16, 1983Patent grantedAug 27, 1986Term endedFeb 16, 2003

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