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Writing instrument

EP 0153159 B1 · Applicant: KOTOBUKI & CO., LTD.

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Listed from its EPO record in Patent Yard's archive of European patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the EPO PDF and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.

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  • Filed February 14, 1985 and granted May 18, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 2005.
  • 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 14, 2010.
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FiledFebruary 14, 1985
PublishedAugust 28, 1985
GrantedMay 18, 1988
Term endedFebruary 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85300989
Classification (CPC)B43K24/03 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedFeb 14, 1985PublishedAug 28, 1985Patent grantedMay 18, 1988Term endedFeb 14, 2005

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