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Patent protected. One reader questioned the amount 17-year period Boeing [BA] was protected on its patented fuel tank inerting system (see ASW, Dec. 23, 2002). A double-check reveals the following: the patent was good for 17-years from the April 5, 1983 date of issue by the U.S. Patent Office. The law was...

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