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EP 0455775 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed November 26, 1990 and granted September 27, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 26, 2010.
  • 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 26, 2016.
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FiledNovember 26, 1990
PublishedNovember 13, 1991
GrantedSeptember 27, 1995
Term endedNovember 26, 2010
Application numberEP 90917277
Classification (CPC)H04N1/403

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 26, 1990PublishedNov 13, 1991Patent grantedSep 27, 1995Term endedNov 26, 2010

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