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Lottery ticket dispenser

Granted 4 Oct 2011 · 4 office actions

Assignee: GTECH Corporation

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Inventors: George Voutes, Scott Hultzman · Examiner: Mary Ann Calabrese · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/364,043

filed 17 Jun 2010

Publication

Not published

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US D646331

granted 4 Oct 2011

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Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a lottery ticket dispenser according to our new design.

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is another front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing the claimed features in isolation for clarity;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a lottery ticket dispenser, as shown and described.

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D20/8

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Pendency

1.3 y

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Office actions

non-final + final

Responses

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Examiner

Mary Ann Calabrese

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8 members · 2 offices

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›IP5 & PCT — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D620050-S	S1	20 Jul 2010	28 Sep 2009	granted	Lottery ticket dispenser
US	US-D620051-S	S1	20 Jul 2010	6 Oct 2009	granted	Vending machine button
US	US-D641419-S	S1	12 Jul 2011	17 Jun 2010	granted	Vending machine button
USthis patent	US-D646331-S	S1	4 Oct 2011	17 Jun 2010	granted	Lottery ticket dispenser

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-134753-S	S	11 May 2012	26 Mar 2010	granted	Lottery ticket dispenser
CA	CA-137682-S	S	11 May 2012	26 Mar 2010	granted	Lottery ticket dispenser
CA	CA-137683-S	S	11 May 2012	26 Mar 2010	granted	Lottery ticket dispenser
CA	CA-137684-S	S	11 May 2012	26 Mar 2010	granted	Lottery ticket dispenser

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