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Semiconductor device

EP 0122371 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed May 20, 1981 and granted August 24, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 20, 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 November 20, 2006.
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FiledMay 20, 1981
PublishedOctober 24, 1984
GrantedAugust 24, 1988
Term endedMay 20, 2001
Application numberEP 84100881
Classification (CPC)H03K3/356 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 20, 1981PublishedOct 24, 1984Patent grantedAug 24, 1988Term endedMay 20, 2001

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