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Steam generation and reheat apparatus and methods

EP 0121416 B1 · Applicant: THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY

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  • Filed March 29, 1984 and granted October 12, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 September 29, 2009.
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FiledMarch 29, 1984
PublishedOctober 10, 1984
GrantedOctober 12, 1988
Term endedMarch 29, 2004
Application numberEP 84302141
Classification (CPC)F01K7/22 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 29, 1984PublishedOct 10, 1984Patent grantedOct 12, 1988Term endedMarch 29, 2004

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