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Image fixing device for image forming apparatus

EP 0538809 A2 · Applicant: MINOLTA CAMERA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed October 20, 1992 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 20, 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 April 20, 2018.
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FiledOctober 20, 1992
PublishedApril 28, 1993
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 20, 2012
Application numberEP 92117951
Classification (CPC)G03G15/2053 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedOct 20, 1992PublishedApril 28, 1993Term endedOct 20, 2012

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