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Photocollage generation and modification using image recognition

EP 1004967 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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  • Filed November 12, 1999 and granted March 17, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 12, 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 May 12, 2025.
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FiledNovember 12, 1999
PublishedMay 31, 2000
GrantedMarch 17, 2004
Term endedNovember 12, 2019
Application numberEP 99203782
Classification (CPC)H04N1/00132 +2 more

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