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Polyvinyl alcohol and polymeric barrier layer overcoats on colour filter arrays

EP 0556809 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed February 17, 1993 and granted July 10, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 2013.
  • 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 August 17, 2018.
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FiledFebruary 17, 1993
PublishedAugust 25, 1993
GrantedJuly 10, 1996
Term endedFebruary 17, 2013
Application numberEP 93102488
Classification (CPC)B41M5/38207

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