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(11) EP 3 233 666 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
25.10.2017 Bulletin 2017/43

(21) Application number: 15823289.2

(22) Date of filing: 18.12.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65D 75/58(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2015/066748
(87) International publication number:
WO 2016/100852 (23.06.2016 Gazette 2016/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD

(30) Priority: 19.12.2014 US 201462094727 P
17.12.2015 US 201514973233

(71) Applicants:
  • Printpack Illinois, Inc.
    Elgin, IL 60123 (US)
  • The Quaker Oats Company
    Chicago, IL 60661 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BOEKELOO, Jeffrey Allen
    Acworth, Georgia 30102 (US)
  • SURYANARAYANAN, Rajesh
    Powder Springs, Georgia 30127 (US)
  • STUFFLEBEAM, Jason L.
    Marietta, Georgia 30008 (US)
  • VARGO, Katelyn Lauren
    Barrington, Illinois 60010 (US)

(74) Representative: Bittner, Thomas L. 
Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB Pettenkoferstrasse 22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


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