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Method for manufacturing reduced iron pellets including controlled water cooling of the same

EP 1022348 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO

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  • Filed January 19, 2000 and granted January 8, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 19, 2020.
  • 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 July 19, 2025.
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FiledJanuary 19, 2000
PublishedJuly 26, 2000
GrantedJanuary 8, 2003
Term endedJanuary 19, 2020
Application numberEP 00100265
Classification (CPC)C21B13/0086 +2 more

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