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Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device

EP 0286121 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed April 8, 1988 and granted December 16, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 8, 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 October 8, 2013.
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FiledApril 8, 1988
PublishedOctober 12, 1988
GrantedDecember 16, 1992
Term endedApril 8, 2008
Application numberEP 88105638
Classification (CPC)G11C16/0416 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 8, 1988PublishedOct 12, 1988Patent grantedDec 16, 1992Term endedApril 8, 2008

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