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Container overcap

Granted 9 Sep 2014 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc. · originally Sonoco Products Company

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Inventors: Chad E. Lagace, Keith E. Antal, Terry Smith · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application

29/440,185

filed 19 Dec 2012

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US D712740

granted 9 Sep 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a container overcap showing a new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the container overcap embodiment of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the container overcap embodiment of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the container overcap embodiment of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation of the container overcap embodiment of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation of the container overcap embodiment of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side elevation of the container overcap embodiment of FIG. 1 .

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe design of a container overcap, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D09/435

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Examiner

Susan Bennett Hattan

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7 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D712740-S	S1	9 Sep 2014	19 Dec 2012	granted	Container overcap
US	US-D739233-S	S1	22 Sep 2015	18 Jul 2014	granted	Container overcap
US	US-D739234-S	S1	22 Sep 2015	18 Jul 2014	granted	Container overcap

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-349185-S	S	13 Jun 2013	27 Feb 2013	published	Container overcap
AU	AU-349186-S	S	13 Jun 2013	27 Feb 2013	published	Container overcap
AU	AU-349187-S	S	13 Jun 2013	27 Feb 2013	published	Container overcap
CA	CA-151100-S	S	22 Jul 2014	14 May 2013	granted	Container overcap

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