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Container cap

Granted 25 Feb 2020 · no office action yet

Assignee: AbbVie Inc.

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Inventors: James Hughes, Scott L. Fisher, Marc Plew, Todd Marshall +4 · Examiner: Michael A. Pratt · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/601,290
filed 20 Apr 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D876226
granted 25 Feb 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container cap.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the container cap shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a front view of the container cap shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the container cap shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the container cap shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the container cap shown in FIG. 1 .

FIGS. 1-6 are various views of a container cap in accordance with the present design. The container cap is adapted to facilitate breaking a seal covering an opening of a container.

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Claims

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Classifications

3 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/436D9/624D9/451

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Pendency
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Examiner
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10 members · 4 offices
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Granted
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D876226-SS125 Feb 202020 Apr 2017grantedContainer cap
USUS-D1034191-SS19 Jul 202423 Jan 2020grantedContainer cap
USUS-D1066015-SS111 Mar 202523 May 2024grantedContainer cap
JPJP-1615427-SS9 Oct 201819 Oct 2017grantedno title held
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201716384-SS7 Nov 201719 Oct 2017publishedContainer cap
AUAU-201716389-SS9 Nov 201719 Oct 2017publishedContainer cap
CACA-177645-SS25 Jun 201917 Oct 2017grantedContainer cap
CACA-184428-SS25 Jun 201917 Oct 2017grantedContainer cap
CACA-184429-SS25 Jun 201917 Oct 2017grantedContainer cap
CACA-184430-SS25 Jun 201917 Oct 2017grantedContainer cap

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