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Cap for dispensing tube

Granted 23 Apr 2013 · no office action yet

Current assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. · originally S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

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Inventors: Dirk K. Nickel, Donald A. Lehman · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/438,329
filed 29 Nov 2012
Publication
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US D680430
granted 23 Apr 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom, left, frontal perspective…

FIG. 1 is a bottom, left, frontal perspective view of our invention;

FIG. 2 is a top, left, frontal perspective view thereof; and

FIG. 3 is a front, rear, left side, and right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line representations of threads and other internal structures in FIGS. 2 and 4 , a lower closure end of FIGS. 1 and 5 are for purposes of illustration only and form no part of the claimed subject matter.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/436D94/54D94/52D94/43

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Examiner
Susan Bennett Hattan
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D676744-SS126 Feb 201311 Jan 2011grantedCap for dispensing tube
USthis patentUS-D680430-SS123 Apr 201329 Nov 2012grantedCap for dispensing tube
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-338555-SS15 Sep 201111 Jul 2011publishedCap for a dispensing tube
CACA-141306-SS8 Feb 201211 Jul 2011grantedCap for a dispensing tube

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