Expired European patentEurope
Fired shots counting device for automatic firearms
EP 0038751 B1 · Applicant: ETAT-FRANCAIS représenté par le DELEGUE GENERAL POUR L'ARMEMENT
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 16, 1981 and granted February 15, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 16, 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 October 16, 2006.
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FiledApril 16, 1981
PublishedOctober 28, 1981
GrantedFebruary 15, 1984
Term endedApril 16, 2001
Application numberEP 81400610
Classification (CPC)F41A19/02
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