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Trench MOSFET having improved breakdown and on-resistance characteristics and process for manufacturing the same

EP 1014450 B1 · Applicant: SILICONIX INCORPORATED

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  • Filed March 25, 1999 and granted May 16, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 25, 2019.
  • 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 September 25, 2024.
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FiledMarch 25, 1999
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedMay 16, 2007
Term endedMarch 25, 2019
Application numberEP 99106012
Classification (CPC)H10D62/111 +2 more

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