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Apparatus and method for making large area photovoltaic devices incorporating back reflectors

EP 0107357 A2 · Applicant: ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.

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  • Filed September 23, 1983 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 23, 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 March 23, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 23, 1983
PublishedMay 2, 1984
GrantedNever granted
Term endedSeptember 23, 2003
Application numberEP 83305680
Classification (CPC)H10F10/172 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 23, 1983PublishedMay 2, 1984Term endedSep 23, 2003

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