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Dental film packet improvement

EP 0403612 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed November 13, 1989 and granted September 18, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 13, 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 13, 2015.
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FiledNovember 13, 1989
PublishedDecember 27, 1990
GrantedSeptember 18, 1996
Term endedNovember 13, 2009
Application numberEP 89912883
Classification (CPC)G03C3/003

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 13, 1989PublishedDec 27, 1990Patent grantedSep 18, 1996Term endedNov 13, 2009

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