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Thermosensitive recording method

EP 0687572 B1 · Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT naamloze vennootschap

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  • Filed May 23, 1995 and granted August 20, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 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 November 23, 2020.
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FiledMay 23, 1995
PublishedDecember 20, 1995
GrantedAugust 20, 1997
Term endedMay 23, 2015
Application numberEP 95201340
Classification (CPC)G03C1/4989

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