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Process for manufacturing martensitic stainless steel excellent in stress corrosion cracking resistance

EP 0286675 B1 · Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.

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  • Filed October 24, 1986 and granted May 12, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 April 24, 2012.
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FiledOctober 24, 1986
PublishedOctober 19, 1988
GrantedMay 12, 1993
Term endedOctober 24, 2006
Application numberEP 86906440
Classification (CPC)C21D6/004 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 24, 1986PublishedOct 19, 1988Patent grantedMay 12, 1993Term endedOct 24, 2006

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