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Method and installation for production of ferritic hot-rolled strip

EP 0761325 B1 · Applicant: SMS SCHLOEMANN-SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed August 14, 1996 and granted November 28, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 14, 2016.
  • 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 February 14, 2022.
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FiledAugust 14, 1996
PublishedMarch 12, 1997
GrantedNovember 28, 2001
Term endedAugust 14, 2016
Application numberEP 96113056
Classification (CPC)B21B1/26

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedAug 14, 1996PublishedMarch 12, 1997Patent grantedNov 28, 2001Term endedAug 14, 2016

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