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Composite nuclear fuel element cladding tube

EP 0155168 B1 · Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 11, 1985 and granted January 3, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 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 September 11, 2010.
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FiledMarch 11, 1985
PublishedSeptember 18, 1985
GrantedJanuary 3, 1990
Term endedMarch 11, 2005
Application numberEP 85301662
Classification (CPC)C22F1/186 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 11, 1985PublishedSep 18, 1985Patent grantedJan 3, 1990Term endedMarch 11, 2005

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