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Photosensitive belt cartridge of electrophotographic image forming apparatus and photosensitive belt installation device and method employing the same

EP 1170638 B1 · Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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  • Filed February 22, 2001 and granted August 16, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 2021.
  • 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 August 22, 2026.
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FiledFebruary 22, 2001
PublishedJanuary 9, 2002
GrantedAugust 16, 2006
Term endedFebruary 22, 2021
Application numberEP 01301593
Classification (CPC)G03G15/754

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