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Image-forming element for an electrostatic printer, and a printer in which an element of this kind is used

EP 0247699 B1 · Applicant: Océ-Nederland B.V.

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  • Filed May 29, 1987 and granted August 14, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 29, 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 November 29, 2012.
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FiledMay 29, 1987
PublishedDecember 2, 1987
GrantedAugust 14, 1991
Term endedMay 29, 2007
Application numberEP 87201008
Classification (CPC)B41C1/00 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMay 29, 1987PublishedDec 2, 1987Patent grantedAug 14, 1991Term endedMay 29, 2007

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