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Composite materials useful in the protection of aircraft structures

EP 0452463 B1 · Applicant: Royal Ordnance plc

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  • Filed November 8, 1990 and granted September 24, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 8, 2010.
  • 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 8, 2016.
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FiledNovember 8, 1990
PublishedOctober 23, 1991
GrantedSeptember 24, 1997
Term endedNovember 8, 2010
Application numberEP 90916765
Classification (CPC)F41H5/023 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 8, 1990PublishedOct 23, 1991Patent grantedSep 24, 1997Term endedNov 8, 2010

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