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Pyrotechnic material

EP 0698006 B1 · Applicant: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOV. OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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  • Filed March 28, 1994 and granted October 8, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 2014.
  • 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 September 28, 2019.
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FiledMarch 28, 1994
PublishedFebruary 28, 1996
GrantedOctober 8, 1997
Term endedMarch 28, 2014
Application numberEP 94910487
Classification (CPC)C23C14/06 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 28, 1994PublishedFeb 28, 1996Patent grantedOct 8, 1997Term endedMarch 28, 2014

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