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Dispenser

Granted 5 Aug 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company · originally Colgate-Palmolive

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Inventors: Bruce Cummings · Examiner: Ted Shooman · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/171,016

filed 13 Nov 2002

Publication

Not published

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US D477998

granted 5 Aug 2003

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Life of the patent

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the dispenser of my design.

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view, the rear elevation view being a mirror image thereof.

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view, the left side elevation view being a mirror image thereof.

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

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a dispenser, as shown and described.

Classifications

2 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section /

/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D09/338

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Pendency

0.7 y

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Office actions

none on record

Examiner

Ted Shooman

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Worldwide family

4 members · 3 offices

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DOCDB simple family 22554362

Offices

Granted

3 of 4

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D474399-S	S1	13 May 2003	31 Jan 2002	granted	Dispenser
USthis patent	US-D477998-S	S1	5 Aug 2003	13 Nov 2002	granted	Dispenser

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-149940-S	S	26 Nov 2002	23 Jul 2002	published	Dispenser with cap
CA	CA-100131-S	S	29 Jul 2003	23 Jul 2002	granted	Dispenser

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