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Alloy containing liquid metal ion species

EP 0140979 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed April 13, 1984 and granted February 27, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 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 October 13, 2009.
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FiledApril 13, 1984
PublishedMay 15, 1985
GrantedFebruary 27, 1991
Term endedApril 13, 2004
Application numberEP 84901430
Classification (CPC)H01J27/022 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedApril 13, 1984PublishedMay 15, 1985Patent grantedFeb 27, 1991Term endedApril 13, 2004

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