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Cap for a pharmaceutical container

Granted 13 Mar 2001 · no office action yet

Assignee: Abbott Laboratories

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Inventors: William L. Rudzena, Oliver Vogt, Peter Smigura · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
113623
filed 9 Nov 1999
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US D438955
granted 13 Mar 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a representative embodiment of a cap for a pharmaceutical container of our new design in its intended environment as indicated by broken lines;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being identical thereto;

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

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view being plain and unornamented.

It is noted that the broken lines of FIG. 1 are for illustrative purposes only, and form no part of the claimed invention.

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D24/121D24/127D94/49

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