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US 1,073,233 · App. 29/831,660 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Hand-held container

Inventors: Jeffrey T. Given (St. Paul, MN); Mark W. Bergman (Minnetonka, MN)
Assignee: Bercom International, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,073,233
App. No.
29/831,660
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a hand-held container, as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: GIVEN, JEFFREY T.; BERGMAN, MARK W.
To: BERCOM INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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