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Vehicle roof provided with a roof panel opened by tilting

EP 0720927 B1 · Applicant: WEBASTO KAROSSERIESYSTEME GmbH

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  • Filed December 30, 1995 and granted March 11, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 30, 2015.
  • 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 June 30, 2021.
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FiledDecember 30, 1995
PublishedJuly 10, 1996
GrantedMarch 11, 1998
Term endedDecember 30, 2015
Application numberEP 95120748
Classification (CPC)B60J7/0015

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedDec 30, 1995PublishedJuly 10, 1996Patent grantedMarch 11, 1998Term endedDec 30, 2015

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