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Method of controlling driving of conveyor means in automatic document conveying device

EP 0371502 B1 · Applicant: MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 30, 1989 and granted February 7, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 2009.
  • 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 30, 2015.
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FiledNovember 30, 1989
PublishedJune 6, 1990
GrantedFebruary 7, 1996
Term endedNovember 30, 2009
Application numberEP 89122105
Classification (CPC)G03G15/60 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 30, 1989PublishedJune 6, 1990Patent grantedFeb 7, 1996Term endedNov 30, 2009

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