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Ink jet recording apparatus

EP 0495669 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed January 17, 1992 and granted April 14, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 17, 2012.
  • 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 July 17, 2017.
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FiledJanuary 17, 1992
PublishedJuly 22, 1992
GrantedApril 14, 1999
Term endedJanuary 17, 2012
Application numberEP 92300415
Classification (CPC)B41J23/025 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJan 17, 1992PublishedJuly 22, 1992Patent grantedApril 14, 1999Term endedJan 17, 2012

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