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Kinematic linkage for convertible roof of motor vehicle

EP 1092578 A2 · Applicant: Wolfmaier, Christof, Prof. Dipl.-Ing.

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  • Filed February 25, 1997 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 25, 2017.
  • 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 August 25, 2022.
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FiledFebruary 25, 1997
PublishedApril 18, 2001
GrantedNever granted
Term endedFebruary 25, 2017
Application numberEP 00128385
Classification (CPC)B60J7/1265

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