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System for controlling an ink jet print head in a franking machine by vernier control

EP 0702334 B1 · Applicant: NEOPOST INDUSTRIE

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  • Filed August 25, 1995 and granted January 24, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 25, 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 February 25, 2021.
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FiledAugust 25, 1995
PublishedMarch 20, 1996
GrantedJanuary 24, 2001
Term endedAugust 25, 2015
Application numberEP 95401956
Classification (CPC)G07B17/00508

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedAug 25, 1995PublishedMarch 20, 1996Patent grantedJan 24, 2001Term endedAug 25, 2015

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