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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device

EP 0484128 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 30, 1991 and granted September 23, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 30, 2011.
  • 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 30, 2017.
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FiledOctober 30, 1991
PublishedMay 6, 1992
GrantedSeptember 23, 1998
Term endedOctober 30, 2011
Application numberEP 91310018
Classification (CPC)H10B20/00 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 30, 1991PublishedMay 6, 1992Patent grantedSep 23, 1998Term endedOct 30, 2011

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