DECORATIVE AND SYMBOLICALLY SHAPED PULL TAB CONTAINER OPENING DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Patent 1006831

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EP 1 006 831 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.05.1999

(43)	Date of publication:
	14.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/24

(21)	Application number: 98941179.8

(22)	Date of filing: 26.08.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A44B 19/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/CA9800/818

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9909/853 (04.03.1999 Gazette 1999/09)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.08.1997 US 917516
17.04.1998 US 61227

(71)	Applicant: Stasiuk, Joseph W.
	APO, Grand Cayman (KY)

(72)	Inventor:
	Stasiuk, Joseph W. APO, Grand Cayman (KY)

(74)	Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch
	Winzererstrasse 106 80797 München 80797 München (DE)

(54)	DECORATIVE AND SYMBOLICALLY SHAPED PULL TAB CONTAINER OPENING DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME