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Spin-stabilized bomblet-carrying missile

EP 0262288 B1 · Applicant: Rheinmetall GmbH

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed April 21, 1987 and granted July 25, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 2007.
  • 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 21, 2012.
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FiledApril 21, 1987
PublishedApril 6, 1988
GrantedJuly 25, 1990
Term endedApril 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87105840
Classification (CPC)F42B12/62

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 21, 1987PublishedApril 6, 1988Patent grantedJuly 25, 1990Term endedApril 21, 2007

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