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Color filter, production thereof, and liquid crystal projector using the same

EP 0580875 B1 · Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed February 18, 1993 and granted January 14, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 18, 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 18, 2018.
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FiledFebruary 18, 1993
PublishedFebruary 2, 1994
GrantedJanuary 14, 1998
Term endedFebruary 18, 2013
Application numberEP 93904316
Classification (CPC)G02B5/201 +2 more

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