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Method and apparatus for separating and recovering color developing agent

EP 0128720 B1 · Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 4, 1984 and granted December 14, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 4, 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 December 4, 2009.
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FiledJune 4, 1984
PublishedDecember 19, 1984
GrantedDecember 14, 1988
Term endedJune 4, 2004
Application numberEP 84303746
Classification (CPC)G03C7/44

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJune 4, 1984PublishedDec 19, 1984Patent grantedDec 14, 1988Term endedJune 4, 2004

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