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Recording medium and ink-jet recording method making use of the same

EP 0581038 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed June 30, 1993 and granted October 16, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 30, 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 December 30, 2018.
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FiledJune 30, 1993
PublishedFebruary 2, 1994
GrantedOctober 16, 1996
Term endedJune 30, 2013
Application numberEP 93110467
Classification (CPC)B41M5/5272

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJune 30, 1993PublishedFeb 2, 1994Patent grantedOct 16, 1996Term endedJune 30, 2013

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