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High hardness/high compressive stress multilayer coated tool

EP 0471005 B1 · Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.

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  • Filed April 12, 1990 and granted June 28, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term 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
PublishedFebruary 19, 1992
GrantedJune 28, 1995
Term endedApril 12, 2010
Application numberEP 90907655
Classification (CPC)C23C30/005 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 12, 1990PublishedFeb 19, 1992Patent grantedJune 28, 1995Term endedApril 12, 2010

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