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Color imaging system and process with high-speed rendering

EP 1158780 B1 · Applicant: Harlequin Limited

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  • Filed April 30, 1997 and granted June 30, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 2017.
  • 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 30, 2022.
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FiledApril 30, 1997
PublishedNovember 28, 2001
GrantedJune 30, 2004
Term endedApril 30, 2017
Application numberEP 01202758
Classification (CPC)H04N1/6019

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