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Method and device for hermetic encapsulation of electronic components

EP 0497948 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed August 23, 1991 and granted May 3, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 23, 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 February 23, 2017.
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FiledAugust 23, 1991
PublishedAugust 12, 1992
GrantedMay 3, 1995
Term endedAugust 23, 2011
Application numberEP 91914937
Classification (CPC)H05K3/284

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 23, 1991PublishedAug 12, 1992Patent grantedMay 3, 1995Term endedAug 23, 2011

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