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Method of making a heat sink mounting

EP 0004475 B1 · Applicant: THE NIPPERT COMPANY

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  • Filed March 26, 1979 and granted February 10, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 1999.
  • 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 September 26, 2004.
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FiledMarch 26, 1979
PublishedOctober 3, 1979
GrantedFebruary 10, 1982
Term endedMarch 26, 1999
Application numberEP 79300486
Classification (CPC)H10W70/20 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMarch 26, 1979PublishedOct 3, 1979Patent grantedFeb 10, 1982Term endedMarch 26, 1999

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