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Current content: 156 978 933 patent documents

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169 914 new documents added

2 331 667 documents amended

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EP 3228402 B1 20181121 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT HAVING AT LEAST ONE OVERHANG

Title (en)

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT HAVING AT LEAST ONE OVERHANG

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES WENIGSTENS EINEN VORSPRUNG AUFWEISENDEN BAUELEMENTS

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UN COMPOSANT PRESENTANT AU MOINS UNE PROTUBERANCE

Publication

EP 3228402 B1 20181121 (DE)

Application

EP 16163693 A 20160404

Priority

EP 16163693 A 20160404

IPC 8 full level

B21K 23/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B21K 23/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3228402 A1 20171011; EP 3228402 B1 20181121

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 16163693 A 20160404