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Method of supplying replenishing solution in automatic developing machine

EP 0251178 B1 · Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.

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  • Filed June 24, 1987 and granted April 20, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 24, 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 December 24, 2012.
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FiledJune 24, 1987
PublishedJanuary 7, 1988
GrantedApril 20, 1994
Term endedJune 24, 2007
Application numberEP 87109075
Classification (CPC)G03D3/065

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJune 24, 1987PublishedJan 7, 1988Patent grantedApril 20, 1994Term endedJune 24, 2007

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