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Method of lowering the drawing speed of drum drawing machines

EP 0446499 B1 · Applicant: MANNESMANN Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed March 15, 1990 and granted November 18, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 15, 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 September 15, 2015.
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FiledMarch 15, 1990
PublishedSeptember 18, 1991
GrantedNovember 18, 1993
Term endedMarch 15, 2010
Application numberEP 90250071
Classification (CPC)B21C1/02 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 15, 1990PublishedSep 18, 1991Patent grantedNov 18, 1993Term endedMarch 15, 2010

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