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EP 0124816 B1 · Applicant: IMAGEDISPLAY LIMITED

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  • Filed April 21, 1984 and granted July 3, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 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 October 21, 2009.
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FiledApril 21, 1984
PublishedNovember 14, 1984
GrantedJuly 3, 1991
Term endedApril 21, 2004
Application numberEP 84104536
Classification (CPC)G02F1/133615

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedApril 21, 1984PublishedNov 14, 1984Patent grantedJuly 3, 1991Term endedApril 21, 2004

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