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Wire cutter system having aerodynamic, microwave energy absorbing fairing

EP 0717697 B1 · Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 16, 1994 and granted March 26, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 16, 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 February 16, 2020.
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FiledAugust 16, 1994
PublishedJune 26, 1996
GrantedMarch 26, 1997
Term endedAugust 16, 2014
Application numberEP 94926510
Classification (CPC)B64C27/006

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedAug 16, 1994PublishedJune 26, 1996Patent grantedMarch 26, 1997Term endedAug 16, 2014

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