Carrier bar
CA 2746572 C · Owner: Mars, Inc. · Inventors: Willcocks, Neil A.; Suttle, James M.; Wozniak, Michael S.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A carrier bar is disclosed and is useful in an apparatus for printing images onto edible pieces such as confectionary. The carrier bar has a main body including an upper surface and a lower surface. At least one shaped recess is formed within the main body along the upper surface and includes a shallow end and a deep end. At least one vacuum hole is formed in the lower surface and communicates with the deep end of the shaped recess.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 5, 2001 and granted December 9, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 5, 2021.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 5, 2023.
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