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Recording apparatus and ink cassette therefor

EP 0689936 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed August 7, 1990 and granted June 16, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 7, 2010.
  • 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 February 7, 2016.
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FiledAugust 7, 1990
PublishedJanuary 3, 1996
GrantedJune 16, 1999
Term endedAugust 7, 2010
Application numberEP 95202370
Classification (CPC)B41J29/42 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedAug 7, 1990PublishedJan 3, 1996Patent grantedJune 16, 1999Term endedAug 7, 2010

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