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Device for applying layers of hard material by sputtering

EP 1017872 B1 · Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

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  • Filed August 12, 1998 and granted May 21, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 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 February 12, 2024.
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FiledAugust 12, 1998
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedMay 21, 2003
Term endedAugust 12, 2018
Application numberEP 98948802
Classification (CPC)C23C14/505 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedAug 12, 1998PublishedJuly 12, 2000Patent grantedMay 21, 2003Term endedAug 12, 2018

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