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Planar heterojunction phototransistor and method of manufacturing it

EP 0052033 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed October 16, 1981 and granted May 11, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 2001.
  • 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 April 16, 2007.
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FiledOctober 16, 1981
PublishedMay 19, 1982
GrantedMay 11, 1983
Term endedOctober 16, 2001
Application numberEP 81401633
Classification (CPC)H10F30/245

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 16, 1981PublishedMay 19, 1982Patent grantedMay 11, 1983Term endedOct 16, 2001

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