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Method and device for the thermic longitudinal separation of rectangular metal plates, in particular of cut-off continuously cast slabs

EP 0022151 B1 · Applicant: Mannesmann Demag AG

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  • Filed April 22, 1980 and granted July 13, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 22, 2005.
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FiledApril 22, 1980
PublishedJanuary 14, 1981
GrantedJuly 13, 1983
Term endedApril 22, 2000
Application numberEP 80102152
Classification (CPC)B23K7/002 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 22, 1980PublishedJan 14, 1981Patent grantedJuly 13, 1983Term endedApril 22, 2000

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