Flexible containers and methods of making the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9981759
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14534213

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A method of filling a product volume of a flexible container that includes a product volume and a structural support volume that at least partially extends into the product volume can include filling the product volume with product and applying an external force to the product volume and sealing the product volume to reduce a product receiving volume of the product volume.

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THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANYONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA ATTN CHIEF PATENT COUNSEL CINCINNATI OH 45202

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Bourgeois, Marc Richard Liberty Township, US 30 879
Clare, Benjamin Jacob Cincinnati, US 60 1163
Ishihara, Tadayoshi West Chester, US 23 816
Lester, Joseph Craig Liberty Township, US 71 1172
Stanley, Scott Kendyl Mason, US 74 2356
You, Jun West Chester, US 95 1737

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