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Missiles and launcher apparatus therefor

EP 0268474 B1 · Applicant: BRITISH AEROSPACE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed November 18, 1987 and granted April 4, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 18, 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 May 18, 2013.
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FiledNovember 18, 1987
PublishedMay 25, 1988
GrantedApril 4, 1990
Term endedNovember 18, 2007
Application numberEP 87310193
Classification (CPC)B64D7/08 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedNov 18, 1987PublishedMay 25, 1988Patent grantedApril 4, 1990Term endedNov 18, 2007

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