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Roof rack for a motor vehicle

EP 0364692 B1 · Applicant: Adam Opel Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed August 17, 1989 and granted December 1, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 17, 2009.
  • 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 February 17, 2015.
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FiledAugust 17, 1989
PublishedApril 25, 1990
GrantedDecember 1, 1993
Term endedAugust 17, 2009
Application numberEP 89115165
Classification (CPC)B60R9/058

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedAug 17, 1989PublishedApril 25, 1990Patent grantedDec 1, 1993Term endedAug 17, 2009

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