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Autonomous acoustic detonation device

EP 0458178 A2 · Applicant: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed May 15, 1991 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 15, 2011.
  • 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 November 15, 2016.
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FiledMay 15, 1991
PublishedNovember 27, 1991
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMay 15, 2011
Application numberEP 91107842
Classification (CPC)F42D1/05

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 15, 1991PublishedNov 27, 1991Term endedMay 15, 2011

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