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Flechette-type sub-calibre projectile for practice, using kinetic energy

EP 0767355 B1 · Applicant: ETAT FRANCAIS Représenté par le Délégué Général pour l'Armement

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  • Filed September 26, 1996 and granted April 5, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 2016.
  • 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 March 26, 2022.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1996
PublishedApril 9, 1997
GrantedApril 5, 2000
Term endedSeptember 26, 2016
Application numberEP 96402050
Classification (CPC)F42B8/14 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedSep 26, 1996PublishedApril 9, 1997Patent grantedApril 5, 2000Term endedSep 26, 2016

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