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Ink composition for the ink-jet printing process

EP 0159291 B1 · Applicant: CIBA-GEIGY AG

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  • Filed March 25, 1985 and granted April 20, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 25, 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 25, 2010.
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FiledMarch 25, 1985
PublishedOctober 23, 1985
GrantedApril 20, 1988
Term endedMarch 25, 2005
Application numberEP 85810129
Classification (CPC)C09D11/40 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 25, 1985PublishedOct 23, 1985Patent grantedApril 20, 1988Term endedMarch 25, 2005

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