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System for controlling image formation

EP 0180988 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed November 7, 1985 and granted September 30, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 7, 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 May 7, 2011.
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FiledNovember 7, 1985
PublishedMay 14, 1986
GrantedSeptember 30, 1992
Term endedNovember 7, 2005
Application numberEP 85114183
Classification (CPC)G05B19/0421

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 7, 1985PublishedMay 14, 1986Patent grantedSep 30, 1992Term endedNov 7, 2005

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