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Lower bainite alloy steel article

EP 0020357 B1 · Applicant: CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO.

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  • Filed November 15, 1978 and granted July 18, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 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 May 15, 2004.
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FiledNovember 15, 1978
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedJuly 18, 1984
Term endedNovember 15, 1998
Application numberEP 79900923
Classification (CPC)C22C38/12 +1 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedNov 15, 1978PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedJuly 18, 1984Term endedNov 15, 1998

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