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Method and apparatus for spin-coating chemicals

EP 1015136 B1 · Applicant: Karl Süss Vaihingen GmbH

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  • Filed May 29, 1998 and granted September 7, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 29, 2018.
  • 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 29, 2023.
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FiledMay 29, 1998
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedSeptember 7, 2005
Term endedMay 29, 2018
Application numberEP 98926126
Classification (CPC)B05C11/08 +2 more

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