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Circular dispensing container

Granted 6 Jan 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company · originally Kraft Foods Global

Inventors: Jeffrey S. Gibb, Donald Allan Scott, Robert Cregg Barnes, Scott Lee Fisher +1 · Examiner: Philip S. Hyder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/168,903

filed 11 Oct 2002

Publication

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US D484795

granted 6 Jan 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a circular dispensing container according to our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Classifications

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/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D09/339

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Examiner

Philip S. Hyder

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D475618-S	S1	10 Jun 2003	1 Oct 2001	granted	Circular dispensing container
USthis patent	US-D484795-S	S1	6 Jan 2004	11 Oct 2002	granted	Circular dispensing container

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-99066-S	S	18 Mar 2003	2 Apr 2002	granted	Dispensing container

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