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Zircaloy tubing having high resistance to crack propagation

EP 0624882 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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  • Filed April 11, 1994 and granted October 1, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 11, 2014.
  • 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 11, 2019.
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FiledApril 11, 1994
PublishedNovember 17, 1994
GrantedOctober 1, 1997
Term endedApril 11, 2014
Application numberEP 94302538
Classification (CPC)C22F1/186 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 11, 1994PublishedNov 17, 1994Patent grantedOct 1, 1997Term endedApril 11, 2014

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