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Azo dye compounds, ink containing the same, and recording method and instrument using the ink

EP 0626428 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed May 17, 1994 and granted October 11, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 17, 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 November 17, 2019.
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FiledMay 17, 1994
PublishedNovember 30, 1994
GrantedOctober 11, 2000
Term endedMay 17, 2014
Application numberEP 94107608
Classification (CPC)C09B43/12 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 17, 1994PublishedNov 30, 1994Patent grantedOct 11, 2000Term endedMay 17, 2014

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