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EP 0761465 B1 · Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 29, 1996 and granted May 26, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 29, 2016.
  • 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 1, 2022.
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FiledAugust 29, 1996
PublishedMarch 12, 1997
GrantedMay 26, 1999
Term endedAugust 29, 2016
Application numberEP 96113856
Classification (CPC)B41M5/38214 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedAug 29, 1996PublishedMarch 12, 1997Patent grantedMay 26, 1999Term endedAug 29, 2016

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