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Support sheet for photographic printing sheet

EP 0492887 B1 · Applicant: NEW OJI PAPER CO., LTD.

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  • Filed December 11, 1991 and granted August 27, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 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 June 11, 2017.
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FiledDecember 11, 1991
PublishedJuly 1, 1992
GrantedAugust 27, 1997
Term endedDecember 11, 2011
Application numberEP 91311492
Classification (CPC)G03C1/79

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedDec 11, 1991PublishedJuly 1, 1992Patent grantedAug 27, 1997Term endedDec 11, 2011

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