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Semiconductor device manufacture using molecular beam epitaxy with source temperature control

EP 0168071 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed May 10, 1985 and granted April 6, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 2005.
  • 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 November 10, 2010.
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FiledMay 10, 1985
PublishedJanuary 15, 1986
GrantedApril 6, 1988
Term endedMay 10, 2005
Application numberEP 85200730
Classification (CPC)C30B23/06

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 10, 1985PublishedJan 15, 1986Patent grantedApril 6, 1988Term endedMay 10, 2005

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