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Apparatus for heat-treating coils of metal strip

EP 0004553 B1 · Applicant: VOEST-ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed March 1, 1979 and granted August 26, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 1, 1999.
  • 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 1, 2004.
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FiledMarch 1, 1979
PublishedOctober 17, 1979
GrantedAugust 26, 1981
Term endedMarch 1, 1999
Application numberEP 79100605
Classification (CPC)C21D9/54 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMarch 1, 1979PublishedOct 17, 1979Patent grantedAug 26, 1981Term endedMarch 1, 1999

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