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External drive for a machine gun

EP 0306061 A2 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed October 17, 1986 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 17, 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 17, 2012.
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FiledOctober 17, 1986
PublishedMarch 8, 1989
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 17, 2006
Application numberEP 88115214
Classification (CPC)F41A7/08

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 17, 1986PublishedMarch 8, 1989Term endedOct 17, 2006

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