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Non volatile programmable flip-flop with predefined initial state, especially for memory redundancy circuit

EP 0666572 B1 · Applicant: SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A.

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  • Filed January 27, 1995 and granted October 16, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 27, 2015.
  • 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 27, 2020.
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FiledJanuary 27, 1995
PublishedAugust 9, 1995
GrantedOctober 16, 1996
Term endedJanuary 27, 2015
Application numberEP 95400190
Classification (CPC)G11C14/00 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJan 27, 1995PublishedAug 9, 1995Patent grantedOct 16, 1996Term endedJan 27, 2015

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