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Ink jet recording apparatus and method capable of increasing density

EP 0516366 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed May 26, 1992 and granted October 15, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 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 November 26, 2017.
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FiledMay 26, 1992
PublishedDecember 2, 1992
GrantedOctober 15, 1997
Term endedMay 26, 2012
Application numberEP 92304742
Classification (CPC)B41J2/2132 +1 more

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