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EP 0263863 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DE PROPULSION

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  • Filed April 13, 1987 and granted March 4, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 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 13, 2012.
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FiledApril 13, 1987
PublishedApril 20, 1988
GrantedMarch 4, 1992
Term endedApril 13, 2007
Application numberEP 87902541
Classification (CPC)F16K15/02 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 13, 1987PublishedApril 20, 1988Patent grantedMarch 4, 1992Term endedApril 13, 2007

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