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Control process and apparatus for the formation of silver halide grains

EP 0374954 B1 · Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.

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  • Filed December 22, 1989 and granted May 28, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 22, 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 June 22, 2015.
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FiledDecember 22, 1989
PublishedJune 27, 1990
GrantedMay 28, 1997
Term endedDecember 22, 2009
Application numberEP 89123808
Classification (CPC)B01F35/213 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 22, 1989PublishedJune 27, 1990Patent grantedMay 28, 1997Term endedDec 22, 2009

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