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Automatic setup of electrophotographic printing machines

EP 0195655 B1 · Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 18, 1986 and granted May 8, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 18, 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 September 18, 2011.
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FiledMarch 18, 1986
PublishedSeptember 24, 1986
GrantedMay 8, 1991
Term endedMarch 18, 2006
Application numberEP 86301991
Classification (CPC)G03G15/5041

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 18, 1986PublishedSep 24, 1986Patent grantedMay 8, 1991Term endedMarch 18, 2006

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