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Current content: 159 823 134 patent documents

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143 307 new documents added

1 003 170 documents amended

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EP 3586931 B1 20220803 - BOTTOM STRUCTURAL LAYER WITH CLIP EFFECT

Title (en)

BOTTOM STRUCTURAL LAYER WITH CLIP EFFECT

Title (de)

UNTERGURT MIT KLAMMEREFFEKT

Title (fr)

RENFORT INFÉRIEUR À EFFET DE PINCE

Publication

EP 3586931 B1 20220803 (DE)

Application

EP 18180457 A 20180628

Priority

EP 18180457 A 20180628

IPC 8 full level

A63C 5/04 (2006.01); A63C 5/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A63C 5/0405 (2013.01); A63C 5/12 (2013.01); A63C 5/126 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3586931 A1 20200101; EP 3586931 B1 20220803

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 18180457 A 20180628