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Multicolor toner images in electrography

EP 0194776 B1 · Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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  • Filed February 21, 1986 and granted October 16, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 21, 2006.
  • 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 August 21, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 21, 1986
PublishedSeptember 17, 1986
GrantedOctober 16, 1991
Term endedFebruary 21, 2006
Application numberEP 86301263
Classification (CPC)G03G11/00 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 21, 1986PublishedSep 17, 1986Patent grantedOct 16, 1991Term endedFeb 21, 2006

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