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A device for conveying linked-together cartridges from a magazine to an automatic gun, especially for use in a gun turret

EP 0201276 B1 · Applicant: Norsk Forsvarsteknologi A/S

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed April 30, 1986 and granted December 20, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 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 October 30, 2011.
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FiledApril 30, 1986
PublishedNovember 12, 1986
GrantedDecember 20, 1989
Term endedApril 30, 2006
Application numberEP 86303278
Classification (CPC)F41A9/57

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedApril 30, 1986PublishedNov 12, 1986Patent grantedDec 20, 1989Term endedApril 30, 2006

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