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Adaptable media motor feed system for printing mechanisms

EP 0761475 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed August 9, 1996 and granted September 29, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 9, 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 February 9, 2022.
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FiledAugust 9, 1996
PublishedMarch 12, 1997
GrantedSeptember 29, 1999
Term endedAugust 9, 2016
Application numberEP 96305864
Classification (CPC)B65H5/00

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedAug 9, 1996PublishedMarch 12, 1997Patent grantedSep 29, 1999Term endedAug 9, 2016

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