U.S. patent number D602,588 [Application Number D/321,369] was granted by the patent office on 2009-10-20 for tampon applicator. This patent grant is currently assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.. Invention is credited to Franz Aschenbrenner, Anastasia Barlas, Priscilla Eng Choo Goh, EunJung Kang, Gary Mastalish, Yein Sze Ong, Du{hacek over (s)}an Pavlik, Cao Hue Chi Pham, Irina Tsareva, Tom William VanDenBogart, Lynn Ann Weggel.
United States Patent | D602,588 |
VanDenBogart , et al. | October 20, 2009 |
Inventors: | VanDenBogart; Tom William (Slinger, WI), Pham; Cao Hue Chi (Alpharetta, GA), Ong; Yein Sze (Singapore, SG), Aschenbrenner; Franz (Kastl, DE), Pavlik; Du{hacek over (s)}an (Novy Jicin, CZ), Mastalish; Gary (Oshkosh, WI), Tsareva; Irina (Moscow Region, RU), Weggel; Lynn Ann (Appleton, WI), Barlas; Anastasia (Arncliffe, AU), Goh; Priscilla Eng Choo (Maplewoods, SG), Kang; EunJung (Seoul, KR) |
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Assignee: | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
(Neenah, WI) |
Appl. No.: | D/321,369 |
Filed: | July 15, 2008 |
Current U.S. Class: | D24/141 |
Current International Class: | 2402 |
Field of Search: | ;D24/141,135 ;604/14,15,11,17,902,18,16,904,385.17,191,206,367,363 |
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