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Semiconductor memory circuit

EP 0508652 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 26, 1992 and granted July 30, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 2012.
  • 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 September 26, 2017.
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FiledMarch 26, 1992
PublishedOctober 14, 1992
GrantedJuly 30, 1997
Term endedMarch 26, 2012
Application numberEP 92302663
Classification (CPC)G11C8/10

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 26, 1992PublishedOct 14, 1992Patent grantedJuly 30, 1997Term endedMarch 26, 2012

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