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Nuclear fusion reactor

EP 0117136 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed February 17, 1984 and granted January 25, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 2004.
  • 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 17, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 17, 1984
PublishedAugust 29, 1984
GrantedJanuary 25, 1989
Term endedFebruary 17, 2004
Application numberEP 84301036
Classification (CPC)B23K1/19 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedFeb 17, 1984PublishedAug 29, 1984Patent grantedJan 25, 1989Term endedFeb 17, 2004

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