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   D421907
Priority
Sep 12 1997
Filed
Mar 12 1998
Issued
Mar 28 2000
Expiry
Mar 28 2014
Inventors
Benge, Ter…
Assg.orig
Crown Cork…
Assg.curr
Crown Cork…
Entity
unknown
Referenced by
83
References
14
Maint.:
n/a
The ornamental design for easy opening can end, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an easy opening can end showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of an end panel of the easy opening can end of FIG. 1 with a pull tab removed; and,

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the easy opening can end of FIG. 1.
INVENTORS:

Benge, Terence Alexander, Cole, Roger Mason

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ASSIGNMENT RECORDS    Assignment records on the USPTO
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Mar 05 1998BENGE, TERENCE ALEXANDERCrown Cork & Seal Technologies CorporationASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0090390619 pdf
Mar 05 1998COLE, ROGER MASONCrown Cork & Seal Technologies CorporationASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0090390619 pdf
Mar 12 1998Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation(assignment on the face of the patent)
Mar 02 2001Crown Cork & Seal Technologies CorporationCHASE MANHATTAN BANK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT, THESECURITY INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0116670001 pdf
Feb 26 2003Crown Cork & Seal Technologies CorporationCITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC , AS COLLATERAL AGENTSECURITY INTEREST SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0137910846 pdf
Feb 26 2003JPMorgan Chase BankCrown Cork & Seal TechnologiesRELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST0137980522 pdf
Mar 14 2014CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC RELEASE BY SECURED PARTY SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS 0324490248 pdf
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