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Method of and apparatus for continuous casting by the use of mold oscillating system

EP 0121622 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO also known as Kobe Steel Ltd.

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  • Filed August 26, 1983 and granted February 24, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 26, 2003.
  • 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 February 26, 2009.
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FiledAugust 26, 1983
PublishedOctober 17, 1984
GrantedFebruary 24, 1988
Term endedAugust 26, 2003
Application numberEP 83304972
Classification (CPC)B22D11/053 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedAug 26, 1983PublishedOct 17, 1984Patent grantedFeb 24, 1988Term endedAug 26, 2003

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