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Noncontact dynamic tester for integrated circuits

EP 0180780 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed October 4, 1985 and granted September 27, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 4, 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 April 4, 2011.
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FiledOctober 4, 1985
PublishedMay 14, 1986
GrantedSeptember 27, 1989
Term endedOctober 4, 2005
Application numberEP 85112610
Classification (CPC)G01R31/308

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 4, 1985PublishedMay 14, 1986Patent grantedSep 27, 1989Term endedOct 4, 2005

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