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Method of manufacturing a copper-based memory alloy

EP 0045985 B1 · Applicant: BBC Aktiengesellschaft Brown, Boveri & Cie.

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  • Filed June 19, 1981 and granted February 8, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 19, 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 December 19, 2006.
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FiledJune 19, 1981
PublishedFebruary 17, 1982
GrantedFebruary 8, 1984
Term endedJune 19, 2001
Application numberEP 81200691
Classification (CPC)C22F1/006 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJune 19, 1981PublishedFeb 17, 1982Patent grantedFeb 8, 1984Term endedJune 19, 2001

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