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Atmospheric pressure chamber in an ink jet system printer

EP 0115396 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed January 17, 1984 and granted May 11, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 17, 2004.
  • 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 July 17, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 17, 1984
PublishedAugust 8, 1984
GrantedMay 11, 1988
Term endedJanuary 17, 2004
Application numberEP 84300261
Classification (CPC)B41J2/175

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJan 17, 1984PublishedAug 8, 1984Patent grantedMay 11, 1988Term endedJan 17, 2004

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