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EP 0235202 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed August 15, 1986 and granted February 20, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 15, 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 February 15, 2012.
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FiledAugust 15, 1986
PublishedSeptember 9, 1987
GrantedFebruary 20, 1991
Term endedAugust 15, 2006
Application numberEP 86905122
Classification (CPC)H04N1/3877 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedAug 15, 1986PublishedSep 9, 1987Patent grantedFeb 20, 1991Term endedAug 15, 2006

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