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Austenitic stainless steel for low temperature service

EP 0171868 B1 · Applicant: ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 26, 1985 and granted September 20, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 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 26, 2010.
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FiledMarch 26, 1985
PublishedFebruary 19, 1986
GrantedSeptember 20, 1989
Term endedMarch 26, 2005
Application numberEP 85302086
Classification (CPC)C22C38/58

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 26, 1985PublishedFeb 19, 1986Patent grantedSep 20, 1989Term endedMarch 26, 2005

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