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Method of manufacturing hot-worked elongated products, in particular bar or pipe, from high-alloy or hypereutectoid steel

EP 0820529 B1 · Applicant: MANNESMANN Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed March 12, 1996 and granted August 2, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 12, 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 September 12, 2021.
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FiledMarch 12, 1996
PublishedJanuary 28, 1998
GrantedAugust 2, 2000
Term endedMarch 12, 2016
Application numberEP 96907260
Classification (CPC)C21D8/06 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMarch 12, 1996PublishedJan 28, 1998Patent grantedAug 2, 2000Term endedMarch 12, 2016

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