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Flow stop control method for casting withdrawal control of horizontal continuous casting machine

EP 0171973 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON KOKAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed July 31, 1985 and granted May 17, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 31, 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 January 31, 2011.
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FiledJuly 31, 1985
PublishedFebruary 19, 1986
GrantedMay 17, 1989
Term endedJuly 31, 2005
Application numberEP 85305448
Classification (CPC)B22D11/20

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 31, 1985PublishedFeb 19, 1986Patent grantedMay 17, 1989Term endedJuly 31, 2005

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