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Alkoxy derivative stabilizers for dye-receiving element used in thermal dye transfer

EP 0257579 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed August 21, 1987 and granted August 14, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 21, 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 February 21, 2013.
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FiledAugust 21, 1987
PublishedMarch 2, 1988
GrantedAugust 14, 1991
Term endedAugust 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87112147
Classification (CPC)B41M5/5227

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedAug 21, 1987PublishedMarch 2, 1988Patent grantedAug 14, 1991Term endedAug 21, 2007

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