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Plant and process for producing pig iron and/or sponge iron

AU 1999018492 · Applicant: Voestalpine Industrieanlagenbau Gmbh

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  • Filed March 1, 1999 and granted June 22, 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 March 1, 2020.
  • A pharmaceutical extension adds at most five years, so even that would have ended by March 1, 2025.
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FiledMarch 1, 1999
GrantedJune 22, 2000
Term ended byMarch 1, 2020
Application numberAU 1999018492
Classification (IPC)C21B13/14 +2 more

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2000200320062009201220152018Application filedMarch 1, 1999Patent grantedJune 22, 2000Term ended byMarch 1, 2020

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