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Improved method of forming a socket weld

EP 0035492 B1 · Applicant: COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.

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  • Filed June 28, 1979 and granted September 28, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 28, 1999.
  • 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 28, 2004.
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FiledJune 28, 1979
PublishedSeptember 16, 1981
GrantedSeptember 28, 1983
Term endedJune 28, 1999
Application numberEP 79901508
Classification (CPC)B23K33/006

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedJune 28, 1979PublishedSep 16, 1981Patent grantedSep 28, 1983Term endedJune 28, 1999

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