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Thin-film coatings made by means of plasma-activated chemical vapor deposition of fluorinated cyclic siloxanes

EP 0528540 B1 · Applicant: DOW CORNING CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 16, 1992 and granted August 30, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 16, 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 January 16, 2018.
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FiledJuly 16, 1992
PublishedFebruary 24, 1993
GrantedAugust 30, 1995
Term endedJuly 16, 2012
Application numberEP 92306545
Classification (CPC)C23C16/401

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJuly 16, 1992PublishedFeb 24, 1993Patent grantedAug 30, 1995Term endedJuly 16, 2012

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