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Thermal printing head

EP 1013454 B1 · Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 31, 1998 and granted December 13, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 31, 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 1, 2023.
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FiledMarch 31, 1998
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedDecember 13, 2006
Term endedMarch 31, 2018
Application numberEP 98911150
Classification (CPC)B41J2/345

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