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Epitaxy reactor with an improved gas collector

EP 0366173 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed October 9, 1989 and granted August 11, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 9, 2009.
  • 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 9, 2015.
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FiledOctober 9, 1989
PublishedMay 2, 1990
GrantedAugust 11, 1993
Term endedOctober 9, 2009
Application numberEP 89202537
Classification (CPC)C30B25/14

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 9, 1989PublishedMay 2, 1990Patent grantedAug 11, 1993Term endedOct 9, 2009

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