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Kodak really didnt maximise the patent as it was a 25 year patent expiry so by 2001 it was expired but huge consumer uptake of digital didnt come until just on or after this point in time. I had a Nikon Coolpix 900 in 1998 but still used film until I got my Nikon D1 in October 1999.
I often wonder what might have been if Kodak had done better, and if makes like Agfa and Yasica had got there too. Sad to see 'em go really.