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Cold pilger mill

EP 0144480 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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  • Filed December 13, 1983 and granted June 1, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 13, 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 June 13, 2009.
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FiledDecember 13, 1983
PublishedJune 19, 1985
GrantedJune 1, 1988
Term endedDecember 13, 2003
Application numberEP 83402403
Classification (CPC)B21B21/005 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 13, 1983PublishedJune 19, 1985Patent grantedJune 1, 1988Term endedDec 13, 2003

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