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Combined bottle and cap

Granted 20 Feb 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Starbucks

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Inventors: Ronald Dale Nix, Sam Ciulla, George Nukuto, Peter Chun +3 · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/210,383
filed 30 Jul 2004
Publication
Not published
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US D536986
granted 20 Feb 2007

Life of the patent

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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 the bottle portion shown in FIG. 8 with the cap removed;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top, front elevational view of a combined bottle and cap showing our new design;

FIG. 9 is a bottom, rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view thereof

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of a combined bottle and cap showing our new design;

FIG. 16 is a bottom, rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a top plan view thereof

FIG. 22 is a front elevational view of the cap portion of the bottle shown in FIG. 8 with the bottle portion removed;

FIG. 23 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 26 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 27 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines shown in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/551D96/69

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Pendency
2.6 y
935 days filing → grant
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Examiner
Ian Simmons
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D536976-SS120 Feb 200720 Jul 2005grantedBottle
USthis patentUS-D536986-SS120 Feb 200730 Jul 2004grantedCombined bottle and cap
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-304785-SS19 Dec 200527 Jan 2005publishedBottle
AUAU-304786-SS19 Dec 200527 Jan 2005publishedBottle with cap
AUAU-304787-SS19 Dec 200527 Jan 2005publishedBottle with cap
TWTW-D111677-S1S11 Jul 200631 Jan 2005publishedBottle
TWTW-D113294-S1S111 Oct 200631 Jan 2005publishedBottle and cap
TWTW-D113297-S1S111 Oct 200631 Jan 2005publishedCap

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