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Oxidative release of photographically useful groups from hydrazide compounds

EP 0242685 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed April 6, 1987 and granted July 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 6, 2007.
  • 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 October 6, 2012.
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FiledApril 6, 1987
PublishedOctober 28, 1987
GrantedJuly 18, 1990
Term endedApril 6, 2007
Application numberEP 87105053
Classification (CPC)G03C7/30547

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 6, 1987PublishedOct 28, 1987Patent grantedJuly 18, 1990Term endedApril 6, 2007

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