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Thermal transfer printer

EP 1016535 B1 · Applicant: SCHEIDT & BACHMANN GMBH

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  • Filed April 22, 1999 and granted July 19, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 October 22, 2024.
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FiledApril 22, 1999
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedJuly 19, 2006
Term endedApril 22, 2019
Application numberEP 99107934
Classification (CPC)B41J11/007 +1 more

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedApril 22, 1999PublishedJuly 5, 2000Patent grantedJuly 19, 2006Term endedApril 22, 2019

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