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Printing plate stand, method of positioning the printing plate stand, and apparatus for positioning the printing plate stand

EP 0508116 B1 · Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 6, 1992 and granted July 10, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 6, 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 September 6, 2017.
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FiledMarch 6, 1992
PublishedOctober 14, 1992
GrantedJuly 10, 1996
Term endedMarch 6, 2012
Application numberEP 92103899
Classification (CPC)B41F27/1206

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