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(11) EP 3 976 484 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
06.04.2022 Bulletin 2022/14

(21) Application number: 20729841.5

(22) Date of filing: 27.05.2020
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65D 33/25(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B65D 33/2541; B65D 33/2533; B65D 33/2558
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2020/055049
(87) International publication number:
WO 2020/240448 (03.12.2020 Gazette 2020/49)
(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:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 31.05.2019 US 201962855307 P

(71) Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • GORMAN, Michael R.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • LUEPKE, Ryan M.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • LALIBERTE, Thomas R.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • ALBERG, Randall L.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • PARISEAU, Timothy P.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • COSGROVE, Dylan T.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • NIEMI, Scott M.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • BEANE, Alex P.
    Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 (US)
  • PELOQUIN, Richard L.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • SHULMAN, Jackson T.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • TRIEBOLD, Keith A.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)
  • SHALLBETTER, Dylan J.V.
    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)

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