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High laser absorption copper fuse and method for making the same

EP 1049164 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed April 4, 2000 and granted June 30, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 4, 2020.
  • 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 October 4, 2025.
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FiledApril 4, 2000
PublishedNovember 2, 2000
GrantedJune 30, 2004
Term endedApril 4, 2020
Application numberEP 00107337
Classification (CPC)H10W20/494

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