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LIGHT-WEIGHT HOT-FILL CONTAINER AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME

Publication No. EP4143096

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App No. EP21796374

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Filed by PepsiCo, Inc.

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Filed on 2021-04-30

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Issued/Published on 2025-10-01

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Publication No. EP4143096 A1

Application No. EP21796374 Filed: 2021-04-30

Grant Date 2025-10-01 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

B29C49/00, B29C49/12, B65D1/02, B65D79/00, C08L67/02, // B29C49/06, B29K67/00, B29K105/26, B29L31/00 B65D1/02, B65D79/00

Priority Claims

US 202063017923P Date: 2020-04-30

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Parties & Representation

Applicants

PepsiCo, Inc.

700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York 10577

Covation Inc.

800 Prides Crossing, Suite 201, Newark, Delaware 19713

Pepsico Inc

700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York 10577

Inventors (4)

BHAT, Advait

New York 10532

JOSHI, Anup

New York 10532

SEQUEIRA, Clarence

New York 10532

DUNCAN, Andrew, Jay

Wilmington, Delaware 19803

Representatives / Agents

Maiwald GmbH

Elisenhof, Elisenstraße 3

EP&C

P.O. Box 3241, 2280 GE Rijswijk

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2022-11-28

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-10-01

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-04-24

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