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Apparatus for producing gallium arsenide single crystal and gallium arsenide single crystal produced by said apparatus

EP 0148396 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED

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  • Filed November 29, 1984 and granted February 7, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 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 May 29, 2010.
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FiledNovember 29, 1984
PublishedJuly 17, 1985
GrantedFebruary 7, 1990
Term endedNovember 29, 2004
Application numberEP 84114480
Classification (CPC)C30B15/14

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedNov 29, 1984PublishedJuly 17, 1985Patent grantedFeb 7, 1990Term endedNov 29, 2004

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