Beverage drinking vessel Patent Grant Koch , et al. October 3, 2 [The Boston Beer Company]

Beverage drinking vessel

Koch , et al. October 3, 2

Patent Grant D798666

U.S. patent number D798,666 [Application Number D/536,173] was granted by the patent office on 2017-10-03 for beverage drinking vessel. This patent grant is currently assigned to The Boston Beer Company. The grantee listed for this patent is The Boston Beer Company. Invention is credited to Sarah R. Gillis, Peter D. Gladstone, Charles J. Koch, Jonathan D. London, Sandra P. Paterson, Katie L. Piepiora, Robert P. Vail.

United States Patent	D798,666
Koch , et al.	October 3, 2017

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Beverage drinking vessel

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a beverage drinking vessel, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Koch; Charles J. (Newton, MA), Gladstone; Peter D. (Arlington, MA), Piepiora; Katie L. (Norwell, MA), London; Jonathan D. (Wellesley, MA), Vail; Robert P. (Winchester, MA), Paterson; Sandra P. (Rockland, MA), Gillis; Sarah R. (Milton, MA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
The Boston Beer Company	Boston	MA	US

Assignee:

The Boston Beer Company (Boston, MA)

Appl. No.:

D/536,173

Filed:

August 13, 2015

Current U.S. Class:	D7/523; D7/509; D7/532
Current International Class:	0701
Field of Search:	;D7/507,509,523,524,525,526,527,528,530,531,532,533,536,537,503,510,514,515,512,608 ;220/592.16,502.17,495.03,740 ;D3/202 ;D30/130,121 ;206/307,217,509 ;D9/424

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Primary Examiner: Pandozzi; Marianne
Assistant Examiner: Liang; Jae
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a beverage drinking vessel showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, the left side view and right side view being identical to the front view;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof; and

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof showing a section taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a beverage drinking vessel;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof, the left side view and right side view being identical to the front view;

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a section taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 7.

The cross-sectional hatching shown in FIG. 5 indicates that the claimed beverage drinking vessel is transparent. The cross-sectional hatching shown in FIG. 10 indicates that the claimed beverage drinking vessel is opaque. The dot-dash-dot lines represent the bounds of the claimed design. All other broken lines depict portions of the beverage drinking vessel that form no part of the claimed design.

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