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Lithographic printing plate precursor

EP 1038666 B1 · Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 21, 2000 and granted September 22, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2020.
  • 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 September 21, 2025.
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FiledMarch 21, 2000
PublishedSeptember 27, 2000
GrantedSeptember 22, 2004
Term endedMarch 21, 2020
Application numberEP 00105389
Classification (CPC)B41C1/1041

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