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Self-contained launching device for guided missiles

EP 0054877 B1 · Applicant: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed December 14, 1981 and granted April 2, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 14, 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 June 14, 2007.
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FiledDecember 14, 1981
PublishedJune 30, 1982
GrantedApril 2, 1986
Term endedDecember 14, 2001
Application numberEP 81110411
Classification (CPC)F41F3/08 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 14, 1981PublishedJune 30, 1982Patent grantedApril 2, 1986Term endedDec 14, 2001

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