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EP 0447913 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed March 11, 1991 and granted June 19, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 2011.
  • 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 September 11, 2016.
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FiledMarch 11, 1991
PublishedSeptember 25, 1991
GrantedJune 19, 1996
Term endedMarch 11, 2011
Application numberEP 91103695
Classification (CPC)G02B7/102

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMarch 11, 1991PublishedSep 25, 1991Patent grantedJune 19, 1996Term endedMarch 11, 2011

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