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Bottle closure

Granted 17 Jan 2017 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Target Brands, Inc · originally CVS Health

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Inventors: Matthew P. Franks, Adam D. Hoppus, Duane Sawyer, John Vassallo +4 · Examiner: Thomas Johannes · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/531,278
filed 24 Jun 2015
Publication
Not published
not published
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US D776535
granted 17 Jan 2017

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a top, front, perspective view of a bottle closure showing a first embodiment of our new design;

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

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 9 is a top, front, perspective view of a bottle closure showing a second embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof.

The features shown in broken lines are portions of the bottle closure or environmental subject matter to the bottle closure forming no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/453D94/34

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Pendency
1.6 y
573 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
1
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Examiner
Thomas Johannes
art unit 2921 · TC 2900
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14 members · 2 offices
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Non-English titles
4
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›IP5 & PCT — 10 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-2013097973-A1A125 Apr 201325 Oct 2011publishedPharmacy bottle, system, and method
USUS-8870004-B2B228 Oct 201425 Oct 2011grantedPharmacy bottle, system, and method
USUS-2015041425-A1A112 Feb 201527 Oct 2014publishedPharmacy bottle, system, and method
USUS-9085396-B2B221 Jul 201527 Oct 2014grantedPharmacy bottle, system, and method
USUS-D766727-SS120 Sep 201627 Oct 2014grantedBottle
USthis patentUS-D776535-SS117 Jan 201724 Jun 2015grantedBottle closure
USUS-D786087-SS19 May 201724 Jun 2015grantedBottle
USUS-D790340-SS127 Jun 201724 Jun 2015grantedLocking security ring for pharmacy bottles
USUS-D840239-SS112 Feb 201923 Mar 2017grantedBottle
USUS-D840240-SS112 Feb 201923 Mar 2017grantedBottle
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-2769779-A1A18 May 20121 Mar 2012publishedFlacon pour produits pharmaceutiques, systeme et procede connexesfr
CACA-2809252-A1A18 May 20121 Mar 2012publishedFlacon pour produits pharmaceutiques, systeme et procede connexesfr
CACA-2769779-CC4 Jun 20131 Mar 2012grantedFlacon pour produits pharmaceutiques, systeme et procede connexesfr
CACA-2809252-CC24 Jan 20171 Mar 2012grantedFlacon pour produits pharmaceutiques, systeme et procede connexesfr

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