Credit card with case
CA 2453994 A1 · Owner: Schick, Betty M. · Inventors: Wilson, Kimberly S.; Schick, Betty M.; Nelms, David W.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A rectangular, square or asymmetrically shaped credit card or phone card is provided with an associated case or holder. The card has a configuration complements the configuration of the case so that the card is easily removed from the holder for access, yet is maintained inside the case in a covered position and is protected from abuse. The case is designed to be light/weight and easily carried and to serve as a device to carry the card in a safe and convenient manner outside of a wallet or purse. Alternatively the card may be , in a I-shape or non-conventionally shaped configuration.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed July 17, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 17, 2022.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 17, 2024.
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