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Image-forming apparatus

EP 0486972 B1 · Applicant: MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 15, 1991 and granted May 10, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 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 May 15, 2017.
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FiledNovember 15, 1991
PublishedMay 27, 1992
GrantedMay 10, 1995
Term endedNovember 15, 2011
Application numberEP 91119558
Classification (CPC)G03G15/6552 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedNov 15, 1991PublishedMay 27, 1992Patent grantedMay 10, 1995Term endedNov 15, 2011

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