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Fine adjustment control mechanism for orientation and/or positioning of a pay load

EP 0480984 B1 · Applicant: AGENCE SPATIALE EUROPEENNE

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  • Filed July 3, 1990 and granted September 15, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 3, 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 January 3, 2016.
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FiledJuly 3, 1990
PublishedApril 22, 1992
GrantedSeptember 15, 1993
Term endedJuly 3, 2010
Application numberEP 90910783
Classification (CPC)F16M11/18 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJuly 3, 1990PublishedApril 22, 1992Patent grantedSep 15, 1993Term endedJuly 3, 2010

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