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EP 0683097 B1 · Applicant: BRITISH AEROSPACE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

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  • Filed May 12, 1995 and granted June 27, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 2015.
  • 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 November 12, 2020.
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FiledMay 12, 1995
PublishedNovember 22, 1995
GrantedJune 27, 2001
Term endedMay 12, 2015
Application numberEP 95303198
Classification (CPC)B64D25/10

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMay 12, 1995PublishedNov 22, 1995Patent grantedJune 27, 2001Term endedMay 12, 2015

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