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Process for the production of steels with high machinability

EP 0123632 B1 · Applicant: VALLOUREC

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  • Filed March 14, 1984 and granted October 8, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 14, 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 14, 2009.
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FiledMarch 14, 1984
PublishedOctober 31, 1984
GrantedOctober 8, 1986
Term endedMarch 14, 2004
Application numberEP 84420046
Classification (CPC)C21C7/0056 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 14, 1984PublishedOct 31, 1984Patent grantedOct 8, 1986Term endedMarch 14, 2004

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