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Top metal end wall having an easy open score line for a metal container

US D479,686 S · Assignee: Crawford Container Company · Inventors: Rice; Chester C.

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  • Granted September 16, 2003. A US design patent lasts 14 years from grant (15 if filed from May 13, 2015), so this one ended September 16, 2017.
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FiledNovember 15, 2002
GrantedSeptember 16, 2003
Term endedSeptember 16, 2017
Application numberD/171020
Classification (CPC)—
Length3 pages

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