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Method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

EP 0767404 B1 · Applicant: KONICA CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 21, 1996 and granted March 8, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 21, 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 21, 2022.
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FiledAugust 21, 1996
PublishedApril 9, 1997
GrantedMarch 8, 2000
Term endedAugust 21, 2016
Application numberEP 96113391
Classification (CPC)G03C5/30 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedAug 21, 1996PublishedApril 9, 1997Patent grantedMarch 8, 2000Term endedAug 21, 2016

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