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EP 0559960 B1 · Applicant: Daimler-Benz Aerospace Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed October 29, 1992 and granted March 29, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 29, 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 April 29, 2018.
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FiledOctober 29, 1992
PublishedSeptember 15, 1993
GrantedMarch 29, 1995
Term endedOctober 29, 2012
Application numberEP 92118476
Classification (CPC)F42B3/08 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedOct 29, 1992PublishedSep 15, 1993Patent grantedMarch 29, 1995Term endedOct 29, 2012

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