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Method for electroplating nickel onto titanium alloys

EP 0494579 B1 · Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 8, 1991 and granted July 23, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 8, 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 July 8, 2016.
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FiledJanuary 8, 1991
PublishedJuly 15, 1992
GrantedJuly 23, 1997
Term endedJanuary 8, 2011
Application numberEP 91630001
Classification (CPC)C25D5/38 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJan 8, 1991PublishedJuly 15, 1992Patent grantedJuly 23, 1997Term endedJan 8, 2011

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