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EP 0155816 B1 · Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 13, 1985 and granted July 25, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 13, 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 September 13, 2010.
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FiledMarch 13, 1985
PublishedSeptember 25, 1985
GrantedJuly 25, 1990
Term endedMarch 13, 2005
Application numberEP 85301742
Classification (CPC)B41J2/275

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 13, 1985PublishedSep 25, 1985Patent grantedJuly 25, 1990Term endedMarch 13, 2005

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