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Method for reading of invisible marking

EP 0697673 A2 · Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO. LTD.

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  • Filed June 14, 1995 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 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 December 14, 2020.
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FiledJune 14, 1995
PublishedFebruary 21, 1996
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJune 14, 2015
Application numberEP 95109231
Classification (CPC)G06K7/12 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJune 14, 1995PublishedFeb 21, 1996Term endedJune 14, 2015

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