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Process to suppress surface deposits during salt bath nitriding of structural parts

EP 0077926 B1 · Applicant: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed September 25, 1982 and granted December 4, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 25, 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 March 25, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1982
PublishedMay 4, 1983
GrantedDecember 4, 1985
Term endedSeptember 25, 2002
Application numberEP 82108892
Classification (CPC)C23C8/50

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedSep 25, 1982PublishedMay 4, 1983Patent grantedDec 4, 1985Term endedSep 25, 2002

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