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A system for reducing interroller and/or interweb contamination

EP 0499720 B1 · Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT naamloze vennootschap

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  • Filed February 20, 1991 and granted May 22, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 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 August 20, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 20, 1991
PublishedAugust 26, 1992
GrantedMay 22, 1996
Term endedFebruary 20, 2011
Application numberEP 91200362
Classification (CPC)B05C11/02 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 20, 1991PublishedAug 26, 1992Patent grantedMay 22, 1996Term endedFeb 20, 2011

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