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Method for processing cold-rolled stainless-steel sheet and strip

EP 0346547 B1 · Applicant: ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 25, 1988 and granted May 6, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 25, 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 May 25, 2014.
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FiledNovember 25, 1988
PublishedDecember 20, 1989
GrantedMay 6, 1992
Term endedNovember 25, 2008
Application numberEP 88311177
Classification (CPC)C21D6/002 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 25, 1988PublishedDec 20, 1989Patent grantedMay 6, 1992Term endedNov 25, 2008

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