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PERMEABLE MgO NOZZLE

EP 0471757 B1 · Applicant: VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY

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  • Filed April 30, 1990 and granted March 19, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 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 30, 2015.
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FiledApril 30, 1990
PublishedFebruary 26, 1992
GrantedMarch 19, 1997
Term endedApril 30, 2010
Application numberEP 90907721
Classification (CPC)B22D41/50

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 30, 1990PublishedFeb 26, 1992Patent grantedMarch 19, 1997Term endedApril 30, 2010

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