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Pharmaceutical tablet

Granted 8 Jul 1997 · no office action yet

Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.

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Inventors: Ashok Katdare, Kenneth A. Kramer · Examiner: M. H. Tung · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 31 Oct 1994
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US D380825
granted 8 Jul 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a pharmaceutical tablet showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view; and,

FIG. 3 is a side view, the opposite side, front, and rear views are identical.

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D24/101

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