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Casting apparatus and method for the horizontal casting of copper

EP 0153014 B1 · Applicant: IMI REFINERS LIMITED

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  • Filed January 21, 1985 and granted May 11, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 21, 2005.
  • 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 July 21, 2010.
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FiledJanuary 21, 1985
PublishedAugust 28, 1985
GrantedMay 11, 1988
Term endedJanuary 21, 2005
Application numberEP 85300382
Classification (CPC)B22D11/0475

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJan 21, 1985PublishedAug 28, 1985Patent grantedMay 11, 1988Term endedJan 21, 2005

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