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Method of fabricating a semiconductor device with process liquid recycling

EP 1055446 B1 · Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 29, 2000 and granted August 15, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 September 29, 2025.
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FiledMarch 29, 2000
PublishedNovember 29, 2000
GrantedAugust 15, 2007
Term endedMarch 29, 2020
Application numberEP 00302597
Classification (CPC)B01D29/39 +2 more

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