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Optical inspection of semi-conductor structures

EP 1180237 A2 · Applicant: BELTRONICS, INC.

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  • Filed March 22, 2000 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 22, 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 22, 2025.
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FiledMarch 22, 2000
PublishedFebruary 20, 2002
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMarch 22, 2020
Application numberEP 00911151
Classification (CPC)G01N21/956

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