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Thin film artwork compounds

EP 0277828 B1 · Applicant: COURTAULDS PERFORMANCE FILMS, INC.

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  • Filed February 3, 1988 and granted May 6, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 3, 2008.
  • 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 August 3, 2013.
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FiledFebruary 3, 1988
PublishedAugust 10, 1988
GrantedMay 6, 1992
Term endedFebruary 3, 2008
Application numberEP 88300920
Classification (CPC)G03F1/54 +1 more

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