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Vent for a food container

Granted 16 Jun 2015 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Glas Americas LLC · originally Tupperware Brand

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Inventors: Julie L. Yessin, Jan-Hendrik de Groote · Examiner: Ricky Pham · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/473,360
filed 21 Nov 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D731851
granted 16 Jun 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, side and front…

FIG. 1 is a top, side and front perspective view of a vent for a food container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, side and front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view, the left side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view along line 8 - 8 of FIG. 3 .

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

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/391D73/921

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Pendency
1.6 y
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Examiner
Ricky Pham
art unit 2913 · TC 2900
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5 members · 3 offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D698199-SS128 Jan 201416 Aug 2012grantedCover for a food container with vent
USthis patentUS-D731851-SS116 Jun 201521 Nov 2013grantedVent for a food container
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-347403-SS4 Mar 20135 Feb 2013publishedCover with vent
AUAU-355535-SS16 May 201424 Apr 2014publishedVent for a container
CACA-149396-SS17 Apr 201416 Jan 2013grantedCover for a food container with vent

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