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Apparatus for scanning wafers

EP 0458422 B1 · Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

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  • Filed September 19, 1985 and granted December 11, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 19, 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 March 19, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 19, 1985
PublishedNovember 27, 1991
GrantedDecember 11, 1996
Term endedSeptember 19, 2005
Application numberEP 91201905
Classification (CPC)H01J37/3171

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 19, 1985PublishedNov 27, 1991Patent grantedDec 11, 1996Term endedSep 19, 2005

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