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Process for modifying the cooling power of aqueous liquids for quenching metal alloys

EP 0321370 B1 · Applicant: SERVIMETAL

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  • Filed December 15, 1988 and granted May 13, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 15, 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 June 15, 2014.
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FiledDecember 15, 1988
PublishedJune 21, 1989
GrantedMay 13, 1992
Term endedDecember 15, 2008
Application numberEP 88420422
Classification (CPC)C21D1/60

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 15, 1988PublishedJune 21, 1989Patent grantedMay 13, 1992Term endedDec 15, 2008

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