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Apparatus for cooling elongate hot rolled products

EP 0021884 B1 · Applicant: INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES DE LA SIDERURGIE FRANCAISE (IRSID) France

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  • Filed May 27, 1980 and granted March 14, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 27, 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 November 27, 2005.
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FiledMay 27, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedMarch 14, 1984
Term endedMay 27, 2000
Application numberEP 80400740
Classification (CPC)B21B39/006 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMay 27, 1980PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedMarch 14, 1984Term endedMay 27, 2000

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