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Vented container end closure

Granted 26 Jul 2016 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Ball Corporation

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Inventors: Howard C. Chasteen, Mark A. Jacober · Examiner: Robert M Spear · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/519,457
filed 5 Mar 2015
Publication
Not published
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US D762114
granted 26 Jul 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the vented container end closure;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a vented container end closure according to an alternative embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 4 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 4 .

The broken line showing of a vented container end closure illustrates environment and forms no part of the claimed design. It is understood that the outermost broken line in each drawing figure defines the interior boundary of the claim.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/438

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Pendency
1.4 y
509 days filing → grant
Office actions
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Examiner
Robert M Spear
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D691039-SS18 Oct 201327 Oct 2011grantedVented container end closure
USUS-D727725-SS128 Apr 201521 Aug 2013grantedVented container end closure
USthis patentUS-D762114-SS126 Jul 20165 Mar 2015grantedVented container end closure
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-342860-SS7 Jun 201220 Apr 2012publishedVented container end closure
AUAU-342861-SS7 Jun 201220 Apr 2012publishedVented container end closure
AUAU-342862-SS7 Jun 201220 Apr 2012publishedVented container end closure
AUAU-343269-SS9 Jul 201220 Apr 2012publishedVented container end closure
CACA-144505-SS4 Mar 20131 Mar 2012grantedVented container end closure
CACA-147592-SS4 Mar 20131 Mar 2012grantedVented container end closure

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