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Apparatus for plasma welding and/or cutting

EP 0003482 B1 · Applicant: MESSER GRIESHEIM GMBH

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  • Filed December 21, 1978 and granted December 10, 1980. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 1998.
  • 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 June 21, 2004.
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FiledDecember 21, 1978
PublishedAugust 22, 1979
GrantedDecember 10, 1980
Term endedDecember 21, 1998
Application numberEP 78101811
Classification (CPC)B23K10/00

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedDec 21, 1978PublishedAug 22, 1979Patent grantedDec 10, 1980Term endedDec 21, 1998

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