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Novel method of making, testing and test device for integrated circuits

EP 0561765 B1 · Applicant: LEEDY, Glenn J.

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  • Filed May 15, 1989 and granted December 2, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 2009.
  • 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 November 15, 2014.
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FiledMay 15, 1989
PublishedSeptember 29, 1993
GrantedDecember 2, 1998
Term endedMay 15, 2009
Application numberEP 89906938
Classification (CPC)G01R31/2831 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 15, 1989PublishedSep 29, 1993Patent grantedDec 2, 1998Term endedMay 15, 2009

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