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Welding method

EP 0629468 B1 · Applicant: KVAERNER MASA-YARDS OY

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  • Filed June 15, 1994 and granted November 25, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 15, 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 December 15, 2019.
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FiledJune 15, 1994
PublishedDecember 21, 1994
GrantedNovember 25, 1998
Term endedJune 15, 2014
Application numberEP 94304310
Classification (CPC)B23K37/0408

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJune 15, 1994PublishedDec 21, 1994Patent grantedNov 25, 1998Term endedJune 15, 2014

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