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Hollow cathode ion sources

EP 0282467 B1 · Applicant: NIHON SHINKU GIJUTSU KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed March 10, 1988 and granted June 2, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 10, 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 September 10, 2013.
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FiledMarch 10, 1988
PublishedSeptember 14, 1988
GrantedJune 2, 1993
Term endedMarch 10, 2008
Application numberEP 88850086
Classification (CPC)H01J27/022 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMarch 10, 1988PublishedSep 14, 1988Patent grantedJune 2, 1993Term endedMarch 10, 2008

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