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Bottle cap

Granted 22 Oct 2019 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Pepsico, Inc. · originally PepsiCo, Inc.

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Inventors: Alexander Ian James Wastney, Sean Joseph Huls, Laura Sink, Tucker Fort +5 · Examiner: Derrick E Holland · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/612,430
filed 1 Aug 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D863878
granted 22 Oct 2019

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a bottle cap showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is another top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the bottle cap that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

1 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/396.2

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Pendency
2.2 y
812 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Examiner
Derrick E Holland
art unit 2917 · TC 2900
Citations: 42 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

5 members · 4 offices
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Members
5
DOCDB simple family 59054738
Offices
4
US · JP
Granted
4 of 5
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›IP5 & PCT — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D795644-SS129 Aug 201712 May 2016grantedBottle
USthis patentUS-D863878-SS122 Oct 20191 Aug 2017grantedBottle cap
JPJP-1579228-SS19 Jun 201710 Nov 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201616256-SS5 Dec 20169 Nov 2016publishedBottle
CACA-171473-SS28 Nov 20179 Nov 2016grantedBottle

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