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Coloration process for a metallic material surface and products obtained from the process

EP 0394159 A1 · Applicant: USINOR SACILOR Société Anonyme

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  • Filed April 12, 1990 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 12, 2010.
  • 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 12, 2015.
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FiledApril 12, 1990
PublishedOctober 24, 1990
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 12, 2010
Application numberEP 90470019
Classification (CPC)C23C14/0015 +2 more

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