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Elements having hydrophilic layers containing hydrophobes in polymer particles and a method of making same

EP 0146337 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed December 12, 1984 and granted May 2, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 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 June 12, 2010.
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FiledDecember 12, 1984
PublishedJune 26, 1985
GrantedMay 2, 1990
Term endedDecember 12, 2004
Application numberEP 84308635
Classification (CPC)G03C1/005 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedDec 12, 1984PublishedJune 26, 1985Patent grantedMay 2, 1990Term endedDec 12, 2004

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