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Desulphurising agents for pig iron and steel melts, and process for their manufacture

EP 0019087 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed April 14, 1980 and granted July 20, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 2000.
  • 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 October 14, 2005.
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FiledApril 14, 1980
PublishedNovember 26, 1980
GrantedJuly 20, 1983
Term endedApril 14, 2000
Application numberEP 80101985
Classification (CPC)C21C1/025 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 14, 1980PublishedNov 26, 1980Patent grantedJuly 20, 1983Term endedApril 14, 2000

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