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Method for processing silver halide photo-sensitive material

EP 0243168 B1 · Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 22, 1987 and granted October 16, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 22, 2012.
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FiledApril 22, 1987
PublishedOctober 28, 1987
GrantedOctober 16, 1991
Term endedApril 22, 2007
Application numberEP 87303532
Classification (CPC)G03C7/413 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 22, 1987PublishedOct 28, 1987Patent grantedOct 16, 1991Term endedApril 22, 2007

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