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Toners and developers containing ester-containing quaternary pyridinium salts as charge control agents

EP 0548348 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed July 16, 1992 and granted March 20, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 16, 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 January 16, 2018.
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FiledJuly 16, 1992
PublishedJune 30, 1993
GrantedMarch 20, 1996
Term endedJuly 16, 2012
Application numberEP 92915992
Classification (CPC)G03G9/0975 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJuly 16, 1992PublishedJune 30, 1993Patent grantedMarch 20, 1996Term endedJuly 16, 2012

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