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Vacuum fluorescent display and manufacturing method therefor

EP 0537876 B1 · Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY DEVICES CO., LTD.

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  • Filed January 10, 1992 and granted May 6, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 10, 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 July 10, 2017.
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FiledJanuary 10, 1992
PublishedApril 21, 1993
GrantedMay 6, 1998
Term endedJanuary 10, 2012
Application numberEP 92300226
Classification (CPC)H01J29/02 +2 more

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