Upper panel of a drink cup lid

Smith , et al. February 6, 2

Patent Grant D536249

U.S. patent number D536,249 [Application Number D/239,153] was granted by the patent office on 2007-02-06 for upper panel of a drink cup lid. This patent grant is currently assigned to Solo Cup Operating Corporation. Invention is credited to Robert Joseph Schaefer, Kevin Ray Smith, Stephen Alan Smith.


United States Patent D536,249
Smith ,   et al. February 6, 2007

Upper panel of a drink cup lid

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for an upper panel of a drink cup lid, as shown and described.
Inventors: Smith; Stephen Alan (Naperville, IL), Smith; Kevin Ray (Round Lake Beach, IL), Schaefer; Robert Joseph (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee: Solo Cup Operating Corporation (Highland Park, IL)
Appl. No.: D/239,153
Filed: September 27, 2005

Current U.S. Class: D9/454; D9/435
Current International Class: 0907
Field of Search: ;D9/454,450,449,447,445,441,438,435,434 ;D7/629,511,510,396.2,392.1,317,391,392 ;D3/203.2,202 ;222/555,451.2 ;220/713,712,270,253 ;D20/28

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Web Page www.lollicupstore.comhohotcupsili.html from Lollicup.RTM. Coffee & Tea Website, Product Honor.RTM. Hot Cup Sipper Lid as an internet site image, (dated Sep. 29, 2005) known to exist as early as Sep. 26, 2005. cited by other .
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Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M.
Assistant Examiner: Hattan; Susan Bennett
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

Description



FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an upper panel of a drink cup lid; and,

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the of the upper panel of the drink cup lid of FIG. 1.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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