LASER-ETCHED PULL TAB CONTAINER OPENING DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Patent 1218248

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EP 1 218 248 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.04.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/27

(21)	Application number: 01914869.1

(22)	Date of filing: 12.03.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 17/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/CA0100/316

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0168/460 (20.09.2001 Gazette 2001/38)

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

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Priority:

13.03.2000 US 188681 P
28.04.2000 CA 2307074

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

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

(74)	Representative: Dunleavy, Kevin James
	Knoble & Yoshida,p/o De Vries & Metman,Overschiestraat 180 1062 XK Amsterdam 1062 XK Amsterdam (NL)

(54)	LASER-ETCHED PULL TAB CONTAINER OPENING DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME