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Mirror system for a single lens reflex camera

EP 0318888 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed November 28, 1988 and granted November 11, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 28, 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 May 28, 2014.
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FiledNovember 28, 1988
PublishedJune 7, 1989
GrantedNovember 11, 1992
Term endedNovember 28, 2008
Application numberEP 88119779
Classification (CPC)G03B19/12

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 28, 1988PublishedJune 7, 1989Patent grantedNov 11, 1992Term endedNov 28, 2008

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