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Method for high polishing by zones of large steel surfaces

EP 0022476 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed June 12, 1980 and granted April 13, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 12, 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 December 12, 2005.
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FiledJune 12, 1980
PublishedJanuary 21, 1981
GrantedApril 13, 1983
Term endedJune 12, 2000
Application numberEP 80103269
Classification (CPC)C25F3/24

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJune 12, 1980PublishedJan 21, 1981Patent grantedApril 13, 1983Term endedJune 12, 2000

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