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EP 0316081 B1 · Applicant: OJI PAPER COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed October 20, 1988 and granted July 21, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 20, 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 April 20, 2014.
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FiledOctober 20, 1988
PublishedMay 17, 1989
GrantedJuly 21, 1993
Term endedOctober 20, 2008
Application numberEP 88309832
Classification (CPC)G03C1/81 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 20, 1988PublishedMay 17, 1989Patent grantedJuly 21, 1993Term endedOct 20, 2008

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