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EP 0287595 B1 · Applicant: NCR INTERNATIONAL INC.

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  • Filed September 28, 1987 and granted May 13, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 28, 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 March 28, 2013.
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FiledSeptember 28, 1987
PublishedOctober 26, 1988
GrantedMay 13, 1992
Term endedSeptember 28, 2007
Application numberEP 87906550
Classification (CPC)G06K7/10871

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedSep 28, 1987PublishedOct 26, 1988Patent grantedMay 13, 1992Term endedSep 28, 2007

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