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Process for making microstructures on solid state bodies

EP 0071664 B1 · Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

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  • Filed August 7, 1981 and granted July 10, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 7, 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 February 7, 2007.
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FiledAugust 7, 1981
PublishedFebruary 16, 1983
GrantedJuly 10, 1985
Term endedAugust 7, 2001
Application numberEP 81106205
Classification (CPC)H10P50/287 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedAug 7, 1981PublishedFeb 16, 1983Patent grantedJuly 10, 1985Term endedAug 7, 2001

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