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Light-sensitive composition for black matrix, substrate for color filter, and liquid crystal display

EP 0672944 B1 · Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 14, 1995 and granted April 29, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 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 August 14, 2020.
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FiledFebruary 14, 1995
PublishedSeptember 20, 1995
GrantedApril 29, 1998
Term endedFebruary 14, 2015
Application numberEP 95101998
Classification (CPC)G03F7/004 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedFeb 14, 1995PublishedSep 20, 1995Patent grantedApril 29, 1998Term endedFeb 14, 2015

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