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Granted October 26, 1976. A US design patent lasts 14 years from grant (15 if filed from May 13, 2015), so this one ended October 26, 1990.
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GrantedOctober 26, 1976

Term endedOctober 26, 1990

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Length1 pages

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Full published documentText and every drawing sheet as a PDF.USPTO File historyStatus, office actions, notices, fee records and petitions.USPTO Patent Center Patent Public Search recordSearchable full text and bibliographic data.USPTO

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