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Method for preventing an organic colored substance from fading by light, stabilized colored compositions and photographic elements and materials

EP 0286850 B1 · Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 15, 1988 and granted May 19, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 15, 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 September 15, 2013.
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FiledMarch 15, 1988
PublishedOctober 19, 1988
GrantedMay 19, 1993
Term endedMarch 15, 2008
Application numberEP 88104072
Classification (CPC)G03C7/39268

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMarch 15, 1988PublishedOct 19, 1988Patent grantedMay 19, 1993Term endedMarch 15, 2008

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