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Steel wire rod and method of manufacturing steel for the same

EP 1018565 A1 · Applicant: Sumitomo Metal Industries Limited

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  • Filed June 21, 1999 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 21, 2019.
  • 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 21, 2024.
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FiledJune 21, 1999
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJune 21, 2019
Application numberEP 99957184
Classification (CPC)C22C38/00 +2 more

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