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Positive image forming method

EP 0190512 B1 · Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 30, 1985 and granted September 30, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 30, 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 June 30, 2011.
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FiledDecember 30, 1985
PublishedAugust 13, 1986
GrantedSeptember 30, 1992
Term endedDecember 30, 2005
Application numberEP 85309538
Classification (CPC)G03C1/48538

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 30, 1985PublishedAug 13, 1986Patent grantedSep 30, 1992Term endedDec 30, 2005

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