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Ignition device

EP 0119383 B1 · Applicant: NICO-PYROTECHNIK Hanns-Jürgen Diederichs GmbH & Co. KG

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed January 10, 1984 and granted May 6, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 10, 2004.
  • 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 July 10, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 10, 1984
PublishedSeptember 26, 1984
GrantedMay 6, 1987
Term endedJanuary 10, 2004
Application numberEP 84100170
Classification (CPC)F42C14/08 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJan 10, 1984PublishedSep 26, 1984Patent grantedMay 6, 1987Term endedJan 10, 2004

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