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Helicopter navigation and location system

EP 0141575 B1 · Applicant: BRISTOW HELICOPTERS LIMITED

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  • Filed October 17, 1984 and granted November 23, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 17, 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 April 17, 2010.
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FiledOctober 17, 1984
PublishedMay 15, 1985
GrantedNovember 23, 1989
Term endedOctober 17, 2004
Application numberEP 84307103
Classification (CPC)G05D1/102

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 17, 1984PublishedMay 15, 1985Patent grantedNov 23, 1989Term endedOct 17, 2004

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