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Continuous painting method

EP 0706833 B1 · Applicant: TAIYO STEEL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed April 28, 1994 and granted December 19, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 28, 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 28, 2019.
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FiledApril 28, 1994
PublishedApril 17, 1996
GrantedDecember 19, 2001
Term endedApril 28, 2014
Application numberEP 94914580
Classification (CPC)B05C1/06 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 28, 1994PublishedApril 17, 1996Patent grantedDec 19, 2001Term endedApril 28, 2014

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