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Method of manufacturing hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin film and solar cell

EP 0137043 B1 · Applicant: MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc.

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  • Filed January 10, 1984 and granted April 1, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 10, 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 July 10, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 10, 1984
PublishedApril 17, 1985
GrantedApril 1, 1992
Term endedJanuary 10, 2004
Application numberEP 84900396
Classification (CPC)H10P14/2922 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJan 10, 1984PublishedApril 17, 1985Patent grantedApril 1, 1992Term endedJan 10, 2004

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