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Method of welding pipe

AU 1997018202 · Applicant: The Lincoln Electric Company

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  • Filed October 10, 1996 and granted October 19, 2000. An Australian standard patent lasts 20 years from its date of patent, which is at most a year after this filing, so its term ended by October 10, 2017.
  • A pharmaceutical extension adds at most five years, so even that would have ended by October 10, 2022.
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FiledOctober 10, 1996
GrantedOctober 19, 2000
Term ended byOctober 10, 2017
Application numberAU 1997018202
Classification (IPC)B23K9/028

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1997200020032006200920122015Application filedOct 10, 1996Patent grantedOct 19, 2000Term ended byOct 10, 2017

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