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US 1,088,865 · App. 29/941,361 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Dispensing carton

Inventors: Karen L. Mills (Atlanta, GA); Mark Zammit (Douglasville, GA); Scott Thomas Strand (Lindstrom, MN)
Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,088,865
App. No.
29/941,361
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a dispensing carton as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: MILLS, KAREN L.; ZAMMIT, MARK; STRAND, SCOTT THOMAS
To: GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 067358/0067 →
Continuity (1)
Division 29756580 · Oct 29, 2020
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