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EP 0505362 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed October 24, 1990 and granted July 19, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 April 24, 2016.
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FiledOctober 24, 1990
PublishedSeptember 30, 1992
GrantedJuly 19, 1995
Term endedOctober 24, 2010
Application numberEP 90915090
Classification (CPC)B41M5/392

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedOct 24, 1990PublishedSep 30, 1992Patent grantedJuly 19, 1995Term endedOct 24, 2010

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