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Method for manufacturing green light emitting diodes

EP 0102192 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed July 26, 1983 and granted June 1, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 26, 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 January 26, 2009.
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FiledJuly 26, 1983
PublishedMarch 7, 1984
GrantedJune 1, 1988
Term endedJuly 26, 2003
Application numberEP 83304314
Classification (CPC)H10H20/824 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJuly 26, 1983PublishedMarch 7, 1984Patent grantedJune 1, 1988Term endedJuly 26, 2003

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