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Photoelectric conversion device

EP 0283699 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed February 10, 1988 and granted June 15, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 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 August 10, 2013.
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FiledFebruary 10, 1988
PublishedSeptember 28, 1988
GrantedJune 15, 1994
Term endedFebruary 10, 2008
Application numberEP 88101954
Classification (CPC)H10F77/1665 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedFeb 10, 1988PublishedSep 28, 1988Patent grantedJune 15, 1994Term endedFeb 10, 2008

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