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EP 0703085 B1 · Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 20, 1995 and granted December 12, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 20, 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 March 20, 2021.
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FiledSeptember 20, 1995
PublishedMarch 27, 1996
GrantedDecember 12, 2001
Term endedSeptember 20, 2015
Application numberEP 95306607
Classification (CPC)B41J2/17593

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedSep 20, 1995PublishedMarch 27, 1996Patent grantedDec 12, 2001Term endedSep 20, 2015

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