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Method of and arrangement for determining the amount of slag present in a tundish during the continuous casting of a metal melt

EP 0035488 B1 · Applicant: VOEST-ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed February 25, 1981 and granted July 20, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 2001.
  • 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 August 25, 2006.
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FiledFebruary 25, 1981
PublishedSeptember 9, 1981
GrantedJuly 20, 1983
Term endedFebruary 25, 2001
Application numberEP 81890033
Classification (CPC)B22D2/00 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedFeb 25, 1981PublishedSep 9, 1981Patent grantedJuly 20, 1983Term endedFeb 25, 2001

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