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Identification of repaired integrated circuits

EP 0089891 B1 · Applicant: FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 18, 1983 and granted November 22, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 18, 2003.
  • 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 18, 2008.
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FiledMarch 18, 1983
PublishedSeptember 28, 1983
GrantedNovember 22, 1990
Term endedMarch 18, 2003
Application numberEP 83400566
Classification (CPC)H10W46/00 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 18, 1983PublishedSep 28, 1983Patent grantedNov 22, 1990Term endedMarch 18, 2003

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