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Retractable awning

EP 0001592 B1 · Applicant: Schmitz-Werke GmbH + Co.

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  • Filed October 4, 1978 and granted August 20, 1980. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 4, 1998.
  • 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 April 4, 2004.
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FiledOctober 4, 1978
PublishedMay 2, 1979
GrantedAugust 20, 1980
Term endedOctober 4, 1998
Application numberEP 78101063
Classification (CPC)E04F10/0633

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedOct 4, 1978PublishedMay 2, 1979Patent grantedAug 20, 1980Term endedOct 4, 1998

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