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Reactor vessel stud cleaning machine

EP 0144237 B1 · Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 4, 1984 and granted May 9, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 4, 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 June 4, 2010.
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FiledDecember 4, 1984
PublishedJune 12, 1985
GrantedMay 9, 1990
Term endedDecember 4, 2004
Application numberEP 84308399
Classification (CPC)B24C3/32 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedDec 4, 1984PublishedJune 12, 1985Patent grantedMay 9, 1990Term endedDec 4, 2004

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