USPatentGranted

Upper portion of a container

Granted 2 Apr 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Colgate Palmolive Company · originally Colgate-Palmolive

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Inventors: John C. Crawford · Examiner: Cathron C. Brooks · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/147,182

filed 23 Aug 2001

Publication

Not published

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US D455080

granted 2 Apr 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a container of my design.

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof, the rear elevation view being a mirror image thereof.

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of threads and the lower portion of the container is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for the upper portion of a container, as shown and described.

Classifications

3 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

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/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D09/560D94/34

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Pendency

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Office actions

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Examiner

Cathron C. Brooks

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Worldwide family

9 members · 4 offices

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4 of 9

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D433623-S	S	14 Nov 2000	8 Jul 1998	granted	Container
US	US-D450252-S	S1	13 Nov 2001	26 Apr 2000	granted	Container
US	US-D451008-S	S1	27 Nov 2001	26 Apr 2000	granted	Container
USthis patent	US-D455080-S	S1	2 Apr 2002	23 Aug 2001	granted	Upper portion of a container

›Other offices — 5 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-137672-S	S	29 Jun 1999	6 Jan 1999	published	Container
AU	AU-144344-S	S	5 Jul 2001	18 Oct 2000	published	Container
CR	CR-5949-S	S	31 Jan 2000	5 Jan 1999	published	Contenedores
GT	GT-199900002-S	S	1 Jul 2000	8 Jan 1999	published	Envase.es
GT	GT-200000045-S	S	20 Aug 2003	23 Oct 2000	published	Envase.es

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