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EP 0705488 B1 · Applicant: Litton Marine Systems Inc.

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  • Filed April 18, 1995 and granted January 8, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 18, 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 October 18, 2020.
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FiledApril 18, 1995
PublishedApril 10, 1996
GrantedJanuary 8, 2003
Term endedApril 18, 2015
Application numberEP 95915275
Classification (CPC)H01Q19/06 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedApril 18, 1995PublishedApril 10, 1996Patent grantedJan 8, 2003Term endedApril 18, 2015

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