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Method for bonding silicon wafers together, for manufacturing semiconductor devices

EP 0366208 A2 · Applicant: SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.

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  • Filed October 26, 1989 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 26, 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 26, 2015.
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FiledOctober 26, 1989
PublishedMay 2, 1990
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 26, 2009
Application numberEP 89202692
Classification (CPC)H10P10/128 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 26, 1989PublishedMay 2, 1990Term endedOct 26, 2009

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