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Chemical solution and method for reducing the metal contamination on the surface of a semiconductor substrate

EP 1018759 A2 · Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

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  • Filed November 30, 1999 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 30, 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 May 30, 2025.
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FiledNovember 30, 1999
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedNovember 30, 2019
Application numberEP 99870244
Classification (CPC)H10P70/15

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