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Color image forming apparatus

EP 0268499 B1 · Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 20, 1987 and granted October 20, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 20, 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 May 20, 2013.
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FiledNovember 20, 1987
PublishedMay 25, 1988
GrantedOctober 20, 1993
Term endedNovember 20, 2007
Application numberEP 87310298
Classification (CPC)H04N1/0473 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedNov 20, 1987PublishedMay 25, 1988Patent grantedOct 20, 1993Term endedNov 20, 2007

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