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CA 2004222 C · Owner: Dancy, H. Gordon · Inventors: Miller, James C.; Dancy, H. Gordon

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A plastic film bag with overlying front and rear bag walls, the upper edges of which define a bag mouth. Pleats defined in each bag wall extend vertically downward from the mouth-forming edges. The pleats, upon expansion by direct finger engagement therewith or the application of outwardly directed opposite forces on the opposed ends of the mouth portion of the bag, cause a lateral separation of the edges for initiating opening of the bag mouth. The bag may be vertically partitioned into lateral compartments with at least one wall of each compartment including a mouth-opening pleat therein.

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  • Filed November 29, 1989 and granted October 25, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 2009.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 29, 2011.
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FiledNovember 29, 1989
GrantedOctober 25, 1994
Term endedNovember 29, 2009
Patent numberCA 2004222 C
Classification (IPC)B65D30/00 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 29, 1989Patent grantedOct 25, 1994Term endedNov 29, 2009

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