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Protruding sliding roof for motor vehicles

EP 0309775 B1 · Applicant: FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed September 6, 1988 and granted May 13, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 6, 2008.
  • 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 6, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 6, 1988
PublishedApril 5, 1989
GrantedMay 13, 1992
Term endedSeptember 6, 2008
Application numberEP 88114500
Classification (CPC)B60J7/047

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 6, 1988PublishedApril 5, 1989Patent grantedMay 13, 1992Term endedSep 6, 2008

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