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Copying machine with a variable magnification device

EP 0156357 B1 · Applicant: MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 26, 1985 and granted November 23, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 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 26, 2010.
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FiledMarch 26, 1985
PublishedOctober 2, 1985
GrantedNovember 23, 1989
Term endedMarch 26, 2005
Application numberEP 85103563
Classification (CPC)G03G15/6502 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 26, 1985PublishedOct 2, 1985Patent grantedNov 23, 1989Term endedMarch 26, 2005

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