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Diffractive surfaces with color shifting backgrounds

EP 1198357 B1 · Applicant: FLEX PRODUCTS, INC.

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  • Filed April 21, 2000 and granted December 14, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 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 October 21, 2025.
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FiledApril 21, 2000
PublishedApril 24, 2002
GrantedDecember 14, 2005
Term endedApril 21, 2020
Application numberEP 00930140
Classification (CPC)B42D25/324 +2 more

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