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Dressing workable strip material

EP 0287401 A2 · Applicant: British Steel plc

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  • Filed April 18, 1988 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 18, 2008.
  • 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 October 18, 2013.
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FiledApril 18, 1988
PublishedOctober 19, 1988
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 18, 2008
Application numberEP 88303458
Classification (CPC)B21D19/005

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