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Dye set for improved color quality for ink-jet printers

EP 0877064 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed April 30, 1998 and granted March 31, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 2018.
  • 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 30, 2023.
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FiledApril 30, 1998
PublishedNovember 11, 1998
GrantedMarch 31, 2004
Term endedApril 30, 2018
Application numberEP 98303377
Classification (CPC)C09D11/40

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