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Integrated circuit output buffer having improved ESD protection

EP 0371663 B1 · Applicant: AT&T Corp.

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  • Filed November 16, 1989 and granted June 15, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 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 May 16, 2015.
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FiledNovember 16, 1989
PublishedJune 6, 1990
GrantedJune 15, 1994
Term endedNovember 16, 2009
Application numberEP 89311910
Classification (CPC)H10D89/601

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 16, 1989PublishedJune 6, 1990Patent grantedJune 15, 1994Term endedNov 16, 2009

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