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Apparatus for cooling integrated circuit chips

EP 0167665 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed November 23, 1984 and granted June 29, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 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 23, 2010.
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FiledNovember 23, 1984
PublishedJanuary 15, 1986
GrantedJune 29, 1988
Term endedNovember 23, 2004
Application numberEP 84114163
Classification (CPC)H05K7/203 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedNov 23, 1984PublishedJan 15, 1986Patent grantedJune 29, 1988Term endedNov 23, 2004

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