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Clearcap writing instrument

Granted 28 May 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: CCL Industries · originally Avery Dennison Corporation

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Inventors: Craig Carroll, Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., John Smith · Examiner: Martie K. Holtje · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/148,439
filed 19 Sep 2001
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US D457915
granted 28 May 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of our design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view of our design;

FIG. 3 is a right elevational view of our design, with the left elevational view being a substantial mirror image of the right elevational view;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of our design;

FIG. 5 is a top view of our design;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view of our design in an exploded condition, the left side being substantially a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a right elevational view of a second embodiment of our design of FIG. 1, the left side being substantially a mirror image thereof. The views of FIG. 7, not shown, correspond to FIGS. 1, 2, and 4 through 6.

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CACA-98540-SS14 Nov 200231 Jan 2002grantedCombined writing instrument and cap

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