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EP 0 010 382 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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14.05.1980 Bulletin 1980/10 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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30.04.1980 Bulletin 1980/09 |
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Date of filing: 04.10.1979 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE FR GB IT NL |
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Priority: |
16.10.1978 GB 4070878
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Applicant: Marston Palmer Ltd. |
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Inventors: |
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- Warne, Michael Anthony
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- Hayfield, Peter Charles Steele
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- Bennett, William Raymond
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Use of treated niobium or tantalum as a connector, such a connector and a cathodic
protection system using such a connector |
(57) The use of niobium or tantalum treated in a manner known per se by pickling and anodisation
as a connector in a saline solution. Also an electrical connector formed of niobium
or tantalum having been treated by pickling and oxidation.