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Ink set, method of recording with the same, and print

EP 1164173 B1 · Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 27, 2000 and granted December 7, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 27, 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 June 27, 2026.
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FiledDecember 27, 2000
PublishedDecember 19, 2001
GrantedDecember 7, 2005
Term endedDecember 27, 2020
Application numberEP 00985969
Classification (CPC)C09D11/40 +1 more

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