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A method of feeding and conveying copying papers in a copying machine and an apparatus for practicing the same

EP 0153598 B1 · Applicant: MITA INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.

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  • Filed January 29, 1985 and granted November 9, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 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 July 29, 2010.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1985
PublishedSeptember 4, 1985
GrantedNovember 9, 1988
Term endedJanuary 29, 2005
Application numberEP 85100908
Classification (CPC)G03G15/6529

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJan 29, 1985PublishedSep 4, 1985Patent grantedNov 9, 1988Term endedJan 29, 2005

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