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(11) EP 4 499 328 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
05.02.2025 Bulletin 2025/06

(21) Application number: 23775926.1

(22) Date of filing: 24.03.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B21D 51/26(2006.01)
A47G 19/23(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B21D 22/28; B21D 22/30; B21D 51/2623; B65D 7/04; B65D 1/265
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2023/064938
(87) International publication number:
WO 2023/183924 (28.09.2023 Gazette 2023/39)
(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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 24.03.2022 US 202263323331 P

(71) Applicant: Ball Corporation
Westminster, CO 80021 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • FITZSIMONS, Sean K.
    Firestone, Colorado 80504 (US)
  • VAN DE LIEFVOORT, Matthias
    Louisville, Colorado 80027 (US)
  • WHITMORE, Jonathan A.
    Denver, Colorado 80211 (US)
  • SILES, John L.
    Westminster, Colorado 80031 (US)

(74) Representative: Eisenführ Speiser 
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Stralauer Platz 34
10243 Berlin
10243 Berlin (DE)

   


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