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Process for producing steel wire or rods of high ductility and strength

EP 0058016 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO

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  • Filed January 27, 1982 and granted May 14, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 27, 2002.
  • 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 July 27, 2007.
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FiledJanuary 27, 1982
PublishedAugust 18, 1982
GrantedMay 14, 1986
Term endedJanuary 27, 2002
Application numberEP 82300412
Classification (CPC)C21D8/06

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJan 27, 1982PublishedAug 18, 1982Patent grantedMay 14, 1986Term endedJan 27, 2002

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