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(43) Date of publication: 16.12.2020 Bulletin 2020/51 (21) Application number: 18706066.0 (22) Date of filing: 05.02.2018

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 21/02(2006.01) B65D 25/32(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2018/016834 (87) International publication number: WO 2019/152053 (08.08.2019 Gazette 2019/32)

(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 TN (71) Applicant: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. Alsip, IL 60803 (US)	(72) Inventor: RAMSEY, Christopher Paul Wantage OX12 8DP (GB) (74) Representative: Lind, Robert  Marks & Clerk LLP Fletcher House Heatley Road The Oxford Science Park Oxford OX4 4GE Oxford OX4 4GE (GB)