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Saab 9-6x Patent Application Submitted to US Government In 2007
November 16th, 2008, 1:10am by Ryan - 2 Comments
Image Credit: US Patent & Trademark Office
The Saab 9-6x, which was evidently canned when GM sold their stake in Fuji-Heavy Industries (Subaru) after producing the Saab 9-2x, have recently submitted an application for their patent of the 9-6x with the U.S. Federal Patent & Trademark office in Washington, D.C.
I wonder what this means, moving forward, especially since one of the leading Saab designers, Anthony Lo, whom I interviewed back in January of 2008 in Detroit, submitted the application along with German & Swedish design associates, Kelkeim & Anders Gustaffson Hindås, respectively.
So here’s the question, why were they submitting this information recently, given that the program was scrapped back in late 2006 when GM sold the Subaru stake?
Categories: 2000-2009, 9-6X
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Just a thought. I believe Subaru made changes to the Tribeca after it posted weak sales upon initial launch. Subaru made changes to the vehicle when they launched the B9, in particular the A pillar forward, that were taken from Saab’s designs for the 9-6X. The United States Patent/Trademark laws are based on first to come up with the idea instead of first to file. Since Saab, generated the designs well in advance of Subaru taking them for their own use, perhaps they are preparing for an intellectual property case against Fuji and getting rightfully owed royalties. Subaru is absolutely using Saab’s Trademark headlight shape and hood lines.
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