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EP 0579050 B1 · Applicant: Daimler-Benz Aerospace Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed July 1, 1993 and granted December 6, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 1, 2013.
  • 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 1, 2019.
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FiledJuly 1, 1993
PublishedJanuary 19, 1994
GrantedDecember 6, 1995
Term endedJuly 1, 2013
Application numberEP 93110525
Classification (CPC)F41J1/08 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJuly 1, 1993PublishedJan 19, 1994Patent grantedDec 6, 1995Term endedJuly 1, 2013

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