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Recuperator brake for an automatic gun

EP 0192076 B1 · Applicant: Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Bührle AG

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  • Filed January 23, 1986 and granted April 20, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 23, 2006.
  • 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 23, 2011.
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FiledJanuary 23, 1986
PublishedAugust 27, 1986
GrantedApril 20, 1988
Term endedJanuary 23, 2006
Application numberEP 86100867
Classification (CPC)F41A25/10 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJan 23, 1986PublishedAug 27, 1986Patent grantedApril 20, 1988Term endedJan 23, 2006

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