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Ion etching process for deep trench etching multi-layer semiconductor substrates

EP 0148340 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed October 19, 1984 and granted January 7, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2010.
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FiledOctober 19, 1984
PublishedJuly 17, 1985
GrantedJanuary 7, 1988
Term endedOctober 19, 2004
Application numberEP 84112632
Classification (CPC)H10P50/242

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 19, 1984PublishedJuly 17, 1985Patent grantedJan 7, 1988Term endedOct 19, 2004

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