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Method and plants for the continuous unilateral anodic oxidation of aluminium bands and utilization thereof to make offset printing plates

EP 0178297 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed June 13, 1983 and granted October 19, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 13, 2003.
  • 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 December 13, 2008.
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FiledJune 13, 1983
PublishedApril 23, 1986
GrantedOctober 19, 1988
Term endedJune 13, 2003
Application numberEP 83901816
Classification (CPC)C25D11/005 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJune 13, 1983PublishedApril 23, 1986Patent grantedOct 19, 1988Term endedJune 13, 2003

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