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Wafer polishing apparatus and method for manufacturing wafer

EP 1495838 B1 · Applicant: Ebara Corporation

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  • Filed March 15, 2000 and granted October 17, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 15, 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 15, 2025.
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FiledMarch 15, 2000
PublishedJanuary 12, 2005
GrantedOctober 17, 2007
Term endedMarch 15, 2020
Application numberEP 04014353
Classification (CPC)B24B53/017 +1 more

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