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A pigment for a coating composition for printing paper

EP 0624686 B1 · Applicant: ECC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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  • Filed April 21, 1994 and granted February 9, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 2014.
  • 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 October 21, 2019.
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FiledApril 21, 1994
PublishedNovember 17, 1994
GrantedFebruary 9, 2000
Term endedApril 21, 2014
Application numberEP 94302833
Classification (CPC)D21H19/38 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 21, 1994PublishedNov 17, 1994Patent grantedFeb 9, 2000Term endedApril 21, 2014

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