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Semiconductor for integrated device including a power supply voltage conversion circuit and protection means

EP 0556832 B1 · Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 18, 1993 and granted September 6, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 18, 2013.
  • 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 August 18, 2018.
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FiledFebruary 18, 1993
PublishedAugust 25, 1993
GrantedSeptember 6, 2000
Term endedFebruary 18, 2013
Application numberEP 93102568
Classification (CPC)H10D89/601 +2 more

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