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Electromagnetic projectile launcher

EP 0325604 B1 · Applicant: Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Gov. of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed October 1, 1987 and granted November 27, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 1, 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 April 1, 2013.
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FiledOctober 1, 1987
PublishedAugust 2, 1989
GrantedNovember 27, 1991
Term endedOctober 1, 2007
Application numberEP 87906438
Classification (CPC)F41B6/006

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedOct 1, 1987PublishedAug 2, 1989Patent grantedNov 27, 1991Term endedOct 1, 2007

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