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Airborne IFF system having a radar and an interrogation antenna

EP 0018878 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed April 15, 1980 and granted February 22, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 2000.
  • 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 October 15, 2005.
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FiledApril 15, 1980
PublishedNovember 12, 1980
GrantedFebruary 22, 1984
Term endedApril 15, 2000
Application numberEP 80400500
Classification (CPC)H01Q19/005 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 15, 1980PublishedNov 12, 1980Patent grantedFeb 22, 1984Term endedApril 15, 2000

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