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Chlorine-free composite rocket propellant

EP 0553476 B1 · Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed December 18, 1992 and granted June 4, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 2012.
  • 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 June 18, 2018.
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FiledDecember 18, 1992
PublishedAugust 4, 1993
GrantedJune 4, 1997
Term endedDecember 18, 2012
Application numberEP 92121582
Classification (CPC)C06B33/04 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedDec 18, 1992PublishedAug 4, 1993Patent grantedJune 4, 1997Term endedDec 18, 2012

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