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Precision referencing/latching system for document separation and transport in a scanning unit

EP 0707975 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed October 16, 1995 and granted May 31, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 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 April 16, 2021.
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FiledOctober 16, 1995
PublishedApril 24, 1996
GrantedMay 31, 2000
Term endedOctober 16, 2015
Application numberEP 95116310
Classification (CPC)B41J13/103

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedOct 16, 1995PublishedApril 24, 1996Patent grantedMay 31, 2000Term endedOct 16, 2015

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