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Method for melting titanium aluminide alloys

EP 0526159 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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  • Filed July 28, 1992 and granted December 27, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 28, 2012.
  • 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 January 28, 2018.
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FiledJuly 28, 1992
PublishedFebruary 3, 1993
GrantedDecember 27, 1996
Term endedJuly 28, 2012
Application numberEP 92306864
Classification (CPC)C22C14/00 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJuly 28, 1992PublishedFeb 3, 1993Patent grantedDec 27, 1996Term endedJuly 28, 2012

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