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Ringplate-type microwave array antenna with feeding system and its application in radars

EP 0020196 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed April 21, 1980 and granted June 11, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 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 21, 2005.
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FiledApril 21, 1980
PublishedDecember 10, 1980
GrantedJune 11, 1986
Term endedApril 21, 2000
Application numberEP 80400537
Classification (CPC)H01Q25/02 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 21, 1980PublishedDec 10, 1980Patent grantedJune 11, 1986Term endedApril 21, 2000

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