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Image forming method

EP 0831377 A2 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed August 24, 1993 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 24, 2013.
  • 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 24, 2019.
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FiledAugust 24, 1993
PublishedMarch 25, 1998
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 24, 2013
Application numberEP 97121192
Classification (CPC)G03G9/08782

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedAug 24, 1993PublishedMarch 25, 1998Term endedAug 24, 2013

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