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Process and installation for electromagnetic casting of aluminium alloyed billets having a fold-free surface

EP 0485331 B1 · Applicant: ALUSUISSE-LONZA SERVICES AG

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  • Filed October 24, 1991 and granted January 12, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 April 24, 2017.
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FiledOctober 24, 1991
PublishedMay 13, 1992
GrantedJanuary 12, 1994
Term endedOctober 24, 2011
Application numberEP 91810822
Classification (CPC)B22D11/015

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 24, 1991PublishedMay 13, 1992Patent grantedJan 12, 1994Term endedOct 24, 2011

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