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Method of forming a lift-off mask with improved oxygen barrier layer

EP 0114229 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed November 15, 1983 and granted June 16, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 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 May 15, 2009.
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FiledNovember 15, 1983
PublishedAugust 1, 1984
GrantedJune 16, 1993
Term endedNovember 15, 2003
Application numberEP 83111411
Classification (CPC)G03F7/094

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedNov 15, 1983PublishedAug 1, 1984Patent grantedJune 16, 1993Term endedNov 15, 2003

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