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Hand held tool for removing and replacing a top nozzle locking tube

EP 0469627 B1 · Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 2, 1991 and granted November 2, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 2, 2011.
  • 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 February 2, 2017.
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FiledAugust 2, 1991
PublishedFebruary 5, 1992
GrantedNovember 2, 1995
Term endedAugust 2, 2011
Application numberEP 91113039
Classification (CPC)G21C3/334

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 2, 1991PublishedFeb 5, 1992Patent grantedNov 2, 1995Term endedAug 2, 2011

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