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Vertically integrated CMOS logic gate

EP 0176264 B1 · Applicant: NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED

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  • Filed August 30, 1985 and granted March 7, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 30, 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 March 2, 2011.
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FiledAugust 30, 1985
PublishedApril 2, 1986
GrantedMarch 7, 1990
Term endedAugust 30, 2005
Application numberEP 85306163
Classification (CPC)H10D84/856 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedAug 30, 1985PublishedApril 2, 1986Patent grantedMarch 7, 1990Term endedAug 30, 2005

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