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Process for preventing the formation of flue gases in metallurgical processes and during the transport of molten metal from a metallurgical vessel to casting vessels and device for transporting molten metals from a metallurgical furnace to a casting vessel

EP 0456641 B1 · Applicant: KLÖCKNER STAHL GMBH

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  • Filed December 20, 1989 and granted May 26, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 2009.
  • 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 20, 2015.
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FiledDecember 20, 1989
PublishedNovember 21, 1991
GrantedMay 26, 1993
Term endedDecember 20, 2009
Application numberEP 90900762
Classification (CPC)C21C1/00 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 20, 1989PublishedNov 21, 1991Patent grantedMay 26, 1993Term endedDec 20, 2009

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