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Beverage dispenser tower

Granted 21 May 2013 · no office action yet

Current assignee: M3 DESIGN, INC. · originally PepsiCo, Inc.

Inventors: Matthew T. Bell, Shane M. Roepe, Thomas R. Hecht, Stephen Lim +4 · Examiner: Marianne Pandozzi · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application

29/411,887

filed 27 Jan 2012

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US D682597

granted 21 May 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of a beverage dispenser tower showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a beverage dispenser tower, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D07/306D73/97D73/11

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Marianne Pandozzi

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D682597-S	S1	21 May 2013	27 Jan 2012	granted	Beverage dispenser tower

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-344935-S	S	17 Oct 2012	26 Jul 2012	published	Beverage dispenser tower
BR	BR-302012003821-S1	S1	11 Nov 2014	27 Jul 2012	published	"configuração aplicada em torre dispensadora"pt
CA	CA-146684-S	S	8 Apr 2013	26 Jul 2012	granted	Beverage dispenser tower

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