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Flexible rods support structure for inner barrel assembly of pressurized water reactor

EP 0225740 B1 · Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 12, 1986 and granted May 9, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 12, 2006.
  • 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 May 12, 2012.
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FiledNovember 12, 1986
PublishedJune 16, 1987
GrantedMay 9, 1990
Term endedNovember 12, 2006
Application numberEP 86308834
Classification (CPC)G21C7/117

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 12, 1986PublishedJune 16, 1987Patent grantedMay 9, 1990Term endedNov 12, 2006

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