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Sheet-removal device

EP 0371027 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed May 16, 1988 and granted April 13, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 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 November 16, 2013.
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FiledMay 16, 1988
PublishedJune 6, 1990
GrantedApril 13, 1994
Term endedMay 16, 2008
Application numberEP 88904515
Classification (CPC)G03B42/045

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMay 16, 1988PublishedJune 6, 1990Patent grantedApril 13, 1994Term endedMay 16, 2008

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