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Gravity fed dispenser

Granted 1 Dec 2009 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Mccormick & Company, Inc. · originally McCormick & Company, Incorporated

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Inventors: Eric Henry, Margaret Kime, James E. Brennan, Craig Hockenbury · Examiner: Brian N Vinson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/303,655
filed 14 Feb 2008
Publication
Not published
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US D604972
granted 1 Dec 2009

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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 a gravity fed dispenser or the like, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

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

FIG. 7 is a top, front, and right side perspective view thereof.

The broken-line disclosure in the views is understood to illustrate portions of the article in which the claimed design is embodied, but which form no part of the claimed design, and the irregular broken-line between claimed and unclaimed surfaces is understood to represent and unclaimed boundary between claimed and unclaimed surfaces.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/515

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Pendency
1.8 y
656 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
after a restriction
Responses
4
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Examiner
Brian N Vinson
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D563127-SS14 Mar 20086 Mar 2007grantedGravity fed dispenser
USthis patentUS-D604972-SS11 Dec 200914 Feb 2008grantedGravity fed dispenser
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-317209-SS11 Dec 20076 Sep 2007publishedGravity fed dispenser
CACA-122127-SS25 May 20095 Sep 2007grantedGravity fed dispenser
CACA-129718-SS25 May 20095 Sep 2007grantedGravity fed dispenser

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