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Muzzle gland for recoil reduction

EP 0085754 B1 · Applicant: Rheinmetall GmbH

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  • Filed October 23, 1982 and granted May 21, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 23, 2002.
  • 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 April 23, 2008.
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FiledOctober 23, 1982
PublishedAugust 17, 1983
GrantedMay 21, 1986
Term endedOctober 23, 2002
Application numberEP 82109820
Classification (CPC)F41A21/36

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedOct 23, 1982PublishedAug 17, 1983Patent grantedMay 21, 1986Term endedOct 23, 2002

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