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Recording medium, image formation method thereby, and production method thereof

EP 0963857 B1 · Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed June 11, 1999 and granted February 18, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 11, 2019.
  • 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 December 11, 2024.
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FiledJune 11, 1999
PublishedDecember 15, 1999
GrantedFebruary 18, 2004
Term endedJune 11, 2019
Application numberEP 99111421
Classification (CPC)B41M5/52

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