Sample packet adapted for insertion into a newspaper
CA 2080199 C · Owner: Valassis Communications, Inc. · Inventors: Dolan, Colleen H.
Overview
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A package for a product sample or the like that is suitable for insertion into newspaper publications with standard automatic insertion machinery. The package has a substantially smooth flat outer wrapper without unsecured edges that can tear during handling and/or jam the automatic insertion machinery. The package avoids the need to size and align the product sample for coincidence with an aperture in the outer wrapper. Finally the package provides the maximum uninterrupted surface area for graphic and print advertising.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 8, 1992 and granted May 5, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 8, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 8, 2014.
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