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Bonding wire

EP 0283587 B1 · Applicant: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD

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  • Filed December 23, 1987 and granted October 7, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 23, 2007.
  • 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 June 23, 2013.
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FiledDecember 23, 1987
PublishedSeptember 28, 1988
GrantedOctober 7, 1992
Term endedDecember 23, 2007
Application numberEP 87119153
Classification (CPC)C22C9/00 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 23, 1987PublishedSep 28, 1988Patent grantedOct 7, 1992Term endedDec 23, 2007

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