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Process for agitating a molten metal by injection of gases

EP 0028569 B1 · Applicant: CANADIAN LIQUID AIR LTD AIR LIQUIDE CANADA LTEE

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  • Filed October 31, 1980 and granted February 13, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 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 May 1, 2006.
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FiledOctober 31, 1980
PublishedMay 13, 1981
GrantedFebruary 13, 1985
Term endedOctober 31, 2000
Application numberEP 80401549
Classification (CPC)B22D1/005 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedOct 31, 1980PublishedMay 13, 1981Patent grantedFeb 13, 1985Term endedOct 31, 2000

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