Expired European patentEurope
Projectile containing a pyrotechnic charge and means for delayed ignition of this charge
EP 0234159 B1 · Applicant: ETIENNE LACROIX - TOUS ARTIFICES SA
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 24, 1986 and granted July 10, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 24, 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 June 24, 2012.
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FiledDecember 24, 1986
PublishedSeptember 2, 1987
GrantedJuly 10, 1991
Term endedDecember 24, 2006
Application numberEP 86402937
Classification (CPC)F42C15/21 +1 more
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