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Device for nuclear reactor control by vertical displacement of a neutron-absorbing assembly

EP 0031763 B1 · Applicant: FRAMATOME

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  • Filed December 18, 1980 and granted March 14, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 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 June 18, 2006.
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FiledDecember 18, 1980
PublishedJuly 8, 1981
GrantedMarch 14, 1984
Term endedDecember 18, 2000
Application numberEP 80401818
Classification (CPC)G21C7/12

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedDec 18, 1980PublishedJuly 8, 1981Patent grantedMarch 14, 1984Term endedDec 18, 2000

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