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EP 0479944 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed June 26, 1990 and granted September 15, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 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 December 26, 2015.
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FiledJune 26, 1990
PublishedApril 15, 1992
GrantedSeptember 15, 1993
Term endedJune 26, 2010
Application numberEP 90917859
Classification (CPC)G03B27/521

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJune 26, 1990PublishedApril 15, 1992Patent grantedSep 15, 1993Term endedJune 26, 2010

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