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Current content: 156 978 933 patent documents

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169 914 new documents added

2 331 667 documents amended

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EP 3597522 B1 20220223 - TRAPEZOIDAL BELT

Title (en)

TRAPEZOIDAL BELT

Title (de)

TRAPEZGURT

Title (fr)

CEINTURE DE TRAPÈZE

Publication

EP 3597522 B1 20220223 (DE)

Application

EP 19187071 A 20190718

Priority

DE 102018117640 A 20180720

IPC 8 full level

B63H 8/58 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B63H 8/56 (2020.02 - EP US); B63H 8/58 (2020.02 - EP US)

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 3597522 A1 20200122; EP 3597522 B1 20220223; DE 102018117640 A1 20200123

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19187071 A 20190718; DE 102018117640 A 20180720