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Spacecraft attitude control system

EP 0101302 B1 · Applicant: Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation

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  • Filed August 11, 1983 and granted September 27, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 11, 2003.
  • 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 February 11, 2009.
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FiledAugust 11, 1983
PublishedFebruary 22, 1984
GrantedSeptember 27, 1989
Term endedAugust 11, 2003
Application numberEP 83304644
Classification (CPC)B64G1/244 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedAug 11, 1983PublishedFeb 22, 1984Patent grantedSep 27, 1989Term endedAug 11, 2003

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