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Printing apparatus and method having a toner saving mode

EP 0689159 B1 · Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 23, 1995 and granted September 5, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 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 December 23, 2020.
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FiledJune 23, 1995
PublishedDecember 27, 1995
GrantedSeptember 5, 2001
Term endedJune 23, 2015
Application numberEP 95109837
Classification (CPC)G06K15/128

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJune 23, 1995PublishedDec 27, 1995Patent grantedSep 5, 2001Term endedJune 23, 2015

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