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Method of manufacturing high-temperature shape memory alloys

EP 0709482 B1 · Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 27, 1995 and granted July 28, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 2015.
  • 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 April 27, 2021.
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FiledOctober 27, 1995
PublishedMay 1, 1996
GrantedJuly 28, 1999
Term endedOctober 27, 2015
Application numberEP 95402416
Classification (CPC)C22F1/006

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedOct 27, 1995PublishedMay 1, 1996Patent grantedJuly 28, 1999Term endedOct 27, 2015

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