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Laser beam trimmed thick film resistor and method of trimming thick film resistor

EP 0136094 B1 · Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED

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  • Filed August 28, 1984 and granted July 27, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 28, 2004.
  • 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 February 28, 2010.
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FiledAugust 28, 1984
PublishedApril 3, 1985
GrantedJuly 27, 1988
Term endedAugust 28, 2004
Application numberEP 84305863
Classification (CPC)H01C17/006 +2 more

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