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US D496,237 S · Assignee: Easco Hand Tools, Inc. · Inventors: Folkenroth; Richard P. et al.

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  • Granted September 21, 2004. A US design patent lasts 14 years from grant (15 if filed from May 13, 2015), so this one ended September 21, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 9, 2003
GrantedSeptember 21, 2004
Term endedSeptember 21, 2018
Application numberD/168274
Classification (CPC)—
Length5 pages

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