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US 1,081,365 · App. 29/701,628 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Metal bottle

Inventor: Linda A. Hines (Westminster, CO)
Assignee: BALL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 1,081,365
App. No.
29/701,628
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a metal bottle as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 2, 2025
From: BALL CORPORATION
To: BALL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071161/0826 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2020
From: HINES, LINDA A.
To: BALL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051584/0693 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 29631484 · Dec 29, 2017
Division 29513745 · Jan 5, 2015
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