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Billiard ball image on an adhesive bandage

US D455,496 S · Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company · Inventors: Brogden; Nancy P. et al.

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  • Granted April 9, 2002. A US design patent lasts 14 years from grant (15 if filed from May 13, 2015), so this one ended April 9, 2016.
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FiledJuly 18, 2000
GrantedApril 9, 2002
Term endedApril 9, 2016
Application numberD/126473
Classification (CPC)—
Length3 pages

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2003200520072009201120132015Design grantedApril 9, 2002Term endedApril 9, 2016

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