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Ink jet recording apparatus and method for recovering an ink jet recording head used for such apparatus

EP 0664216 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed January 24, 1995 and granted April 26, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 24, 2015.
  • 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 July 24, 2020.
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FiledJanuary 24, 1995
PublishedJuly 26, 1995
GrantedApril 26, 2000
Term endedJanuary 24, 2015
Application numberEP 95100906
Classification (CPC)B41J2/16508

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