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Sputtered films for metal alloy oxides

EP 0343695 B1 · Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed October 24, 1985 and granted February 3, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 2005.
  • 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 April 24, 2011.
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FiledOctober 24, 1985
PublishedNovember 29, 1989
GrantedFebruary 3, 1993
Term endedOctober 24, 2005
Application numberEP 89113298
Classification (CPC)C03C17/36 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 24, 1985PublishedNov 29, 1989Patent grantedFeb 3, 1993Term endedOct 24, 2005

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