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Metal carbide and nitride powders for ceramics obtained by carbothermal reduction, and process for their manufacture

EP 0247907 B1 · Applicant: ELF ATOCHEM S.A.

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  • Filed March 25, 1987 and granted September 15, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 25, 2007.
  • 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 25, 2012.
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FiledMarch 25, 1987
PublishedDecember 2, 1987
GrantedSeptember 15, 1993
Term endedMarch 25, 2007
Application numberEP 87400663
Classification (CPC)C01B21/06 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMarch 25, 1987PublishedDec 2, 1987Patent grantedSep 15, 1993Term endedMarch 25, 2007

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