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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufactured by the use of such a method

EP 0137554 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed September 14, 1984 and granted November 30, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 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 March 14, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1984
PublishedApril 17, 1985
GrantedNovember 30, 1988
Term endedSeptember 14, 2004
Application numberEP 84201339
Classification (CPC)H10D44/45 +1 more

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