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Nitride dispersion - strengthened steels

EP 0258969 B1 · Applicant: UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY

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  • Filed June 26, 1987 and granted April 8, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 26, 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 December 26, 2012.
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FiledJune 26, 1987
PublishedMarch 9, 1988
GrantedApril 8, 1992
Term endedJune 26, 2007
Application numberEP 87305708
Classification (CPC)C22C38/50 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJune 26, 1987PublishedMarch 9, 1988Patent grantedApril 8, 1992Term endedJune 26, 2007

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