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Control system for aircraft vertical path guidance

EP 0037159 B1 · Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

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  • Filed March 30, 1981 and granted May 2, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 2001.
  • 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 September 30, 2006.
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FiledMarch 30, 1981
PublishedOctober 7, 1981
GrantedMay 2, 1985
Term endedMarch 30, 2001
Application numberEP 81200357
Classification (CPC)G05D1/0607

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMarch 30, 1981PublishedOct 7, 1981Patent grantedMay 2, 1985Term endedMarch 30, 2001

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