METHOD OF PACKAGING AND PACKAGE FOR A BUNDLE OF CIGARETTES - Patent 0914283

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EP 0 914 283 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	12.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/19

(21)	Application number: 98914759.0

(22)	Date of filing: 09.04.1998

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B65B 19/ 02^{( . )}

B65D 85/ 10^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/CA1998/000335

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/049072 (05.11.1998 Gazette 1998/44)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

24.04.1997 CA 19972203597

(71)	Applicant: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
	North York (Toronto), Ontario M3B 3L1 (CA)

(72)	Inventors:
	KEAVENEY, Benedict Rexdale, Ontario M9W 4E7 (CA) DAVIDSON, Kenneth, P. Toronto, Ontario M6S 4C4 (CA) KACZMAREK, Peter, J. Richmond Hill, Ontario L4C 5YC (CA)

(74)	Representative: Orr, William McLean
	Urquhart-Dykes & Lord, Tower House, Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA Leeds LS2 8PA (GB)

(54)	METHOD OF PACKAGING AND PACKAGE FOR A BUNDLE OF CIGARETTES