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Device for monitoring combat vehicles, especially combat tanks

EP 0156944 B1 · Applicant: Wegmann & Co. GmbH

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  • Filed August 18, 1984 and granted December 11, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 18, 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 February 18, 2010.
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FiledAugust 18, 1984
PublishedOctober 9, 1985
GrantedDecember 11, 1991
Term endedAugust 18, 2004
Application numberEP 84109854
Classification (CPC)F41G3/2611 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 18, 1984PublishedOct 9, 1985Patent grantedDec 11, 1991Term endedAug 18, 2004

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