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Torsion spring powered missile wing deployment system

EP 0245435 B1 · Applicant: GRUMMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 30, 1986 and granted May 13, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 30, 2012.
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FiledOctober 30, 1986
PublishedNovember 19, 1987
GrantedMay 13, 1992
Term endedOctober 30, 2006
Application numberEP 86907058
Classification (CPC)F42B10/16

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 30, 1986PublishedNov 19, 1987Patent grantedMay 13, 1992Term endedOct 30, 2006

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