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Process for forming CMOS field effect transistors

EP 0396357 B1 · Applicant: AT&T GLOBAL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

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  • Filed April 27, 1990 and granted December 7, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 27, 2010.
  • 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 27, 2015.
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FiledApril 27, 1990
PublishedNovember 7, 1990
GrantedDecember 7, 1994
Term endedApril 27, 2010
Application numberEP 90304631
Classification (CPC)H10D64/259 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 27, 1990PublishedNov 7, 1990Patent grantedDec 7, 1994Term endedApril 27, 2010

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