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Method and device to compare ammunition

EP 0775889 B1 · Applicant: Service Central des Lab. de la Sous Dir. de la Police Technique et Scientifique de la Dir. Centrale de la Police Judiciaire

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  • Filed January 8, 1997 and granted November 21, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 8, 2017.
  • 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 July 8, 2022.
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FiledJanuary 8, 1997
PublishedMay 28, 1997
GrantedNovember 21, 2001
Term endedJanuary 8, 2017
Application numberEP 97400029
Classification (CPC)F42B35/00

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