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Sheet conveying means and ink jet recording apparatus having the same

EP 0472893 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed July 19, 1991 and granted April 23, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 19, 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 January 19, 2017.
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FiledJuly 19, 1991
PublishedMarch 4, 1992
GrantedApril 23, 1997
Term endedJuly 19, 2011
Application numberEP 91112132
Classification (CPC)B41J13/076

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 19, 1991PublishedMarch 4, 1992Patent grantedApril 23, 1997Term endedJuly 19, 2011

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