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Cartridge for automatic gun

EP 0473758 B1 · Applicant: SNC INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC./ LES TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIELLES SNC INC.

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  • Filed March 22, 1991 and granted October 19, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 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 September 22, 2016.
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FiledMarch 22, 1991
PublishedMarch 11, 1992
GrantedOctober 19, 1994
Term endedMarch 22, 2011
Application numberEP 91906238
Classification (CPC)F42B5/02 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMarch 22, 1991PublishedMarch 11, 1992Patent grantedOct 19, 1994Term endedMarch 22, 2011

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