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Cathode/ground shield arrangement in a target for a sputter coating apparatus

EP 0243556 B1 · Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 27, 1986 and granted June 9, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 27, 2006.
  • 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 27, 2012.
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FiledNovember 27, 1986
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedJune 9, 1993
Term endedNovember 27, 2006
Application numberEP 86309285
Classification (CPC)H01J37/34 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 27, 1986PublishedNov 4, 1987Patent grantedJune 9, 1993Term endedNov 27, 2006

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