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Kinetic energy missile

EP 0225046 B1 · Applicant: BRITISH AEROSPACE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed October 27, 1986 and granted July 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 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 April 27, 2012.
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FiledOctober 27, 1986
PublishedJune 10, 1987
GrantedJuly 18, 1990
Term endedOctober 27, 2006
Application numberEP 86308363
Classification (CPC)F42B12/08

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 27, 1986PublishedJune 10, 1987Patent grantedJuly 18, 1990Term endedOct 27, 2006

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