Expired European patentEurope
Aerial target system
EP 0876579 B1 · Applicant: Meggitt Defence Systems Limited
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- Filed January 6, 1997 and granted November 15, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 6, 2017.
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FiledJanuary 6, 1997
PublishedNovember 11, 1998
GrantedNovember 15, 2000
Term endedJanuary 6, 2017
Application numberEP 97900277
Classification (CPC)F41J2/02
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