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Integrated-circuit leadframe adapted for a simultaneous bonding operation

EP 0177559 B1 · Applicant: SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS, INC. (a Delaware corp.)

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  • Filed March 19, 1985 and granted June 12, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 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 September 19, 2010.
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FiledMarch 19, 1985
PublishedApril 16, 1986
GrantedJune 12, 1991
Term endedMarch 19, 2005
Application numberEP 85901776
Classification (CPC)H10W72/00 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 19, 1985PublishedApril 16, 1986Patent grantedJune 12, 1991Term endedMarch 19, 2005

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