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Bolt buffer for automatic firearms

EP 0130355 B1 · Applicant: Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Bührle AG

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed May 24, 1984 and granted July 29, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 24, 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 November 24, 2009.
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FiledMay 24, 1984
PublishedJanuary 9, 1985
GrantedJuly 29, 1987
Term endedMay 24, 2004
Application numberEP 84105996
Classification (CPC)F41A3/94

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMay 24, 1984PublishedJan 9, 1985Patent grantedJuly 29, 1987Term endedMay 24, 2004

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