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Device for orientation according to two orthogonal axes, in particular for a microwave antenna

EP 0056550 B1 · Applicant: THOMSON-CSF

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  • Filed December 22, 1981 and granted April 17, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 22, 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 22, 2007.
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FiledDecember 22, 1981
PublishedJuly 28, 1982
GrantedApril 17, 1985
Term endedDecember 22, 2001
Application numberEP 81402051
Classification (CPC)H01Q3/08

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 22, 1981PublishedJuly 28, 1982Patent grantedApril 17, 1985Term endedDec 22, 2001

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