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Method of growing plasma oxide on semiconductor substrates and device for carrying out this method

EP 0016909 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed January 23, 1980 and granted September 1, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 23, 2000.
  • 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 July 23, 2005.
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FiledJanuary 23, 1980
PublishedOctober 15, 1980
GrantedSeptember 1, 1982
Term endedJanuary 23, 2000
Application numberEP 80100325
Classification (CPC)C23C8/36 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJan 23, 1980PublishedOct 15, 1980Patent grantedSep 1, 1982Term endedJan 23, 2000

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