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EP 0752183 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed March 23, 1994 and granted December 18, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 23, 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 September 23, 2019.
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FiledMarch 23, 1994
PublishedJanuary 8, 1997
GrantedDecember 18, 2002
Term endedMarch 23, 2014
Application numberEP 94914723
Classification (CPC)H04N1/407

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 23, 1994PublishedJan 8, 1997Patent grantedDec 18, 2002Term endedMarch 23, 2014

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