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Plasma operation apparatus

EP 0275965 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed January 19, 1988 and granted May 31, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 19, 2008.
  • 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 July 19, 2013.
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FiledJanuary 19, 1988
PublishedJuly 27, 1988
GrantedMay 31, 1995
Term endedJanuary 19, 2008
Application numberEP 88100672
Classification (CPC)H01J37/32192 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJan 19, 1988PublishedJuly 27, 1988Patent grantedMay 31, 1995Term endedJan 19, 2008

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