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Method of producing a recording medium with recording layer of PVP, hydroxy-containing resin and condensation product of sorbitol and aromatic aldehyde

EP 0477970 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed September 27, 1991 and granted April 9, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 27, 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 March 27, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 27, 1991
PublishedApril 1, 1992
GrantedApril 9, 1997
Term endedSeptember 27, 2011
Application numberEP 91116556
Classification (CPC)B41M5/5236

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedSep 27, 1991PublishedApril 1, 1992Patent grantedApril 9, 1997Term endedSep 27, 2011

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