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Tendon of a tension leg platform and electrical corrosion protecting method of the same

EP 0177197 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 6, 1985 and granted October 19, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 6, 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 March 6, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 6, 1985
PublishedApril 9, 1986
GrantedOctober 19, 1988
Term endedSeptember 6, 2005
Application numberEP 85306356
Classification (CPC)C23F13/02

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 6, 1985PublishedApril 9, 1986Patent grantedOct 19, 1988Term endedSep 6, 2005

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