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Device for supporting a solar panel on a slanting roof

EP 0949686 B1 · Applicant: Coöperatief Advies en Onderzoeksburo u.a. Ecofys

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  • Filed April 7, 1999 and granted March 5, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 7, 2019.
  • 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 October 7, 2024.
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FiledApril 7, 1999
PublishedOctober 13, 1999
GrantedMarch 5, 2003
Term endedApril 7, 2019
Application numberEP 99201117
Classification (CPC)F24S20/67 +2 more

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