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Paper towel

Granted 10 Apr 2001 · no office action yet

Assignee: Fort James Corporation

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Inventors: Kenneth E. Bredendick, Edward J. Giesler, Sr., Chester W. Gooding, Jr., Kambiz B. Makoui · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

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filed 7 Aug 1998
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US D440051
granted 10 Apr 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a paper towel showing our new design; and,

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view thereof, shown broken away for ease of illustration.

Surfaces of the article other than the top surface are not considered to be part of the claimed design.

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D05/53

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