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Method of fabricating power semiconductor device and lead frame

EP 0767494 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed June 10, 1996 and granted August 25, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 10, 2016.
  • 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 December 10, 2021.
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FiledJune 10, 1996
PublishedApril 9, 1997
GrantedAugust 25, 2004
Term endedJune 10, 2016
Application numberEP 96109264
Classification (CPC)H10W90/811 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 10, 1996PublishedApril 9, 1997Patent grantedAug 25, 2004Term endedJune 10, 2016

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