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EP 0189685 B1 · Applicant: MOORE BUSINESS FORMS, INC.

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  • Filed March 18, 1985 and granted January 11, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 18, 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 18, 2010.
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FiledMarch 18, 1985
PublishedAugust 6, 1986
GrantedJanuary 11, 1989
Term endedMarch 18, 2005
Application numberEP 85400511
Classification (CPC)B41L5/00

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 18, 1985PublishedAug 6, 1986Patent grantedJan 11, 1989Term endedMarch 18, 2005

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