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A semiconductor memory with a flag for indicating test mode

EP 0768675 A2 · Applicant: SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS, INC.

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  • Filed August 12, 1991 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 12, 2011.
  • 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 February 12, 2017.
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FiledAugust 12, 1991
PublishedApril 16, 1997
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 12, 2011
Application numberEP 96117266
Classification (CPC)G01R31/31701 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 12, 1991PublishedApril 16, 1997Term endedAug 12, 2011

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