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Process and device for curing u/v printing inks

EP 0822902 B1 · Applicant: METRONIC GERÄTEBAU GMBH & CO.

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  • Filed April 25, 1996 and granted January 26, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 25, 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 October 25, 2021.
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FiledApril 25, 1996
PublishedFebruary 11, 1998
GrantedJanuary 26, 2000
Term endedApril 25, 2016
Application numberEP 96914049
Classification (CPC)B41M7/0081

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