Packet of smoking articles provided with an inner package having a reclosable extraction opening
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Feb 27, 2018
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Jun 29, 2015
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Abstract
A packet of smoking articles having: a cup-shaped outer container; a cup-shaped lid hinged to the outer container to rotate, with respect to the outer container itself, between an open position and a closed position; a group of articles; an inner package which encloses the group of articles, is housed inside the outer container, and at the top and front has a lift-up portion separated from the rest of the inner package by a pre-weakened U-shaped parting line and is completely torn the first time the packet of smoking articles is opened to expose an article extraction opening; the lift-up portion of the inner package is directly in contact, without the interposition of other elements with an inner surface of the top wall of the lid and with an inner surface of the front wall of the lid.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
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G D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI | 40133 BOLOGNA |
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- 2015 Application Filing Year
- B65D Class
- 4084 Applications Filed
- 2928 Patents Issued To-Date
- 71.70 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Mardare, Manuela | Bologna, IT | 1 | 23 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 23 | |||
Negrini, Stefano | Calderara di Reno, IT | 66 | 552 |
# of filed Patents : 66 Total Citations : 552 | |||
Polloni, Roberto | Modigliana, IT | 86 | 627 |
# of filed Patents : 86 Total Citations : 627 |
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- 3 Citation Count
- B65D Class
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