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EP 0466282 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed February 4, 1988 and granted January 14, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 4, 2008.
  • 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 August 4, 2013.
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FiledFebruary 4, 1988
PublishedJanuary 15, 1992
GrantedJanuary 14, 1998
Term endedFebruary 4, 2008
Application numberEP 91202442
Classification (CPC)G06T17/00 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedFeb 4, 1988PublishedJan 15, 1992Patent grantedJan 14, 1998Term endedFeb 4, 2008

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