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Dyes and dye-donor elements for thermal dye transfer recording

EP 0701906 B1 · Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT N.V.

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  • Filed September 13, 1994 and granted December 29, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 13, 2014.
  • 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 March 13, 2020.
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FiledSeptember 13, 1994
PublishedMarch 20, 1996
GrantedDecember 29, 1997
Term endedSeptember 13, 2014
Application numberEP 94202634
Classification (CPC)C09B26/06 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedSep 13, 1994PublishedMarch 20, 1996Patent grantedDec 29, 1997Term endedSep 13, 2014

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