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EP 0705694 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed September 12, 1995 and granted August 4, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 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 12, 2021.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1995
PublishedApril 10, 1996
GrantedAugust 4, 1999
Term endedSeptember 12, 2015
Application numberEP 95306373
Classification (CPC)B41J2/175 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedSep 12, 1995PublishedApril 10, 1996Patent grantedAug 4, 1999Term endedSep 12, 2015

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