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Pharmaceutical tablet

Granted 3 Nov 1998 · no office action yet

Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.

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Inventors: Ashok V. Katdare, Kenneth A. Kramer · Examiner: Pamela Burgess · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 21 Mar 1996
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US D400672
granted 3 Nov 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is top plan view of a…

FIG. 1 is top plan view of a pharmaceutical tablet showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side, front and rear elevational views being identical;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 5--5 of FIG. 2.

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D24/101

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