Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157087 | Package of rod-shaped smoking articles and a blank therefor A hinge-lid package has a box body and a lid, the box body and the lid being formed from a blank (28). The blank (28) has strip-like notch arrays (16a and 18a) for making longitudinal edges of the box body and of the lid int... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141701 | Pack for tobacco industry products A pack for tobacco industry products such as menthol cigarettes, comprises a housing (1) defining an enclosure containing tobacco industry products (4) and a pad (34) disposed in or on the pack, impregnated with the substance for altering charac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136662 | Hinge-lid container with additional spacer panel A hinge-lid container finding particular application as a hinge-lid pack or carton for elongate smoking articles such as cigarettes, which includes a box portion; a lid portion hinged to the box portion across a rear wall thereof for pivotal movement between an pen ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8118160 | Packet for tobacco products A cigarette packet of substantially parallelepiped geometry comprises an outer wrapper (3) divided into two portions (17, 18) connected one to another by a longitudinal hinge (19) extending along one of the two flanks (7, 8), each portion... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8091703 | Package of tobacco articles having an inner package with a cover flap fixed to a hinged lid A package of tobacco articles, having: a group of tobacco articles; a cup-shaped outer container (2) having an open top end (6), and a cup-shaped lid (7) hinged to the outer container (2) along a hinge (8) to rotate, with respect t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8038001 | Curved cigarette pack flap formation on curved surfaces The curved pack end flap (20) of the present invention can generally be used in any pack that has a surface that is curved inwards. The curved pack end flap (20) incorporates multiple panels (27) interconnected at points (30) other than t... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8011501 | Package of tobacco articles A package (1) of tobacco articles, having a group (2) of tobacco articles; a collar (16) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and having a number of lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20); and an outer package (3) surroundi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997407 | Side-opening hinge-lid container with audible indication of closure and/or opening A side-opening hinge-lid container includes a body portion and a lid portion, each having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and a bottom wall. The lid portion is connected to the body portion along a hinge line for pivotal movement between a closed position and ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7870953 | Cigarette package A cigarette package having an inner pack of a cigarette bundle, an inner box containing the inner pack in a sealed state, a hinge-lid outer box containing the inner box, a containing space secured between the outer box and the inner box by using an outer blank for t... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7845490 | Side opening pack blank design A cigarette package, which includes an outer box and an inner frame. The outer box includes a lower box portion and a side opening hinged lid. The inner frame includes a front panel, a back panel, and a side panel extending between the front panel and the back panel... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7832556 | Package for small groups of tobacco articles A package for tobacco articles, having a group of tobacco articles, and a cup-shaped container which houses the group of tobacco articles and has an open top end, a bottom wall, two parallel, opposite major lateral walls, and two parallel, opposite minor lateral wal... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828143 | Cigarette box and an outer blank therefor A cigarette box has a box body, a lid that opens/closes the box body, an outer wall superposed on a rear wall of the box body and forms a pocket (P) in cooperation with the rear wall, and a sheet-like pouch removably contained in the pocket (P), the pouch being used... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7731024 | Tongue-lid pack for rod-shaped smoking articles and a blank thereof A tongue-lid pack has an outer box (2) whose upper end is open, an inner pack (6) contained in the outer box (2) and having filter cigarettes, and a tongue lid (16) for opening/closing the open end of the outer box (2). A front wal... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726474 | Side-opening hinge-lid container with audible indication of closure and/or opening A side-opening hinge-lid container for elongate smoking articles may include a body portion and a lid portion, with the lid portion connected to the body portion along a hinge line for pivotal movement between a closed position and an open position, in which at leas... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7717260 | Hinged lid box for cigarettes In a hinge-lid box comprising a box part (13), lid and collar (15), the collar (15) is configured such that the collar side tabs (29, 30) lie at a distance from the box side walls (26). The collar side tabs (29, 30) are supp... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7712607 | Rigid swing-open packet of cigarettes A rigid, swing-open packet of cigarettes having: at least one group of cigarettes; at least one inner container housing the group of cigarettes; an outer container housing the inner container and having at least one open lateral end; and a hinge connecting the inner... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7681727 | Package for smoking articles and the like A packet comprises an outer shell (0) and an inner shell (I) connected by a spring member (12). The outer shell (0) defines a cavity for receiving the inner shell (I) and comprises a bottom wall (4B), a front wall (1) and two side ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7624860 | Rigid hinged-lid package for tobacco articles A rigid package for tobacco articles has a parallelepiped-shaped container housing a group of tobacco articles and having a withdrawal opening; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open posit... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7543702 | Pack of rigid type for tobacco products A pack of rigid type with a hinged lid for tobacco products comprises a cupped container (3; 26) presenting a front face (8) and two flank faces (10) of which the free edges (8a, 10a) combine to establish an open end ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7506755 | Cigarette box comprising a hinged lid Disclosed is a closing aid for cigarette packs of the hinged lid type, comprising vertical webs (31) of a collar (12) and an inner lid fold (25) located on the interior face of a front wall (19) of the lid. Said inner lid fold (25)... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7500558 | Soft package of rod-shaped smoking articles, inner and outer wrappers for same A soft package of filter cigarettes comprises an inner pack 10 of an almost rectangular parallelepiped and containing a cigarette bundle CB, and an envelope 12 of an almost rectangular parallelepiped and covering the inner pack 10 except for a t... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7455176 | Cigarette package A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid-box type is provided with predominantly or fully rounded side walls (19, 20) and lid side walls (24, 25). The side walls here are made up of a plurality of rounded regions with different radii, and also with a planar c... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455177 | Packet of cigarettes A packet of cigarettes having a rigid container in turn having a hinged lid; and a group of cigarettes housed inside the container and enclosed in an inner foil wrapping having a front tear-off portion; a front wall of the container has a transparent window superimp... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7438182 | Blank and a relative packet of cigarettes A cigarette packet (4) with a cross section of flattened oval profile is fashioned from a diecut blank (1) of essentially elongated rectangular outline referable to a longitudinal axis (16) and comprising, aligned along the axis (16), a c... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438183 | Cigarette packaging The invention relates to a cigarette pack of the hinge-lid type comprising an opening (36) configured in the lower section of the front face, namely in a front wall (12) of the pack. A marking (38), applied to the inner wrapper for identifying t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428967 | Rigid, hinged-lid, click-open package for tobacco articles A rigid package for tobacco articles, having a cup-shaped container having an open end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closi... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7395924 | Hinge-lid type package for rod-like smoking articles and a blank therefor A hinge-lid type package for filter cigarettes is formed as a rectangular parallelepiped and includes an inner pack 36 of a cigarette bundle and a casing formed from a blank 50 as one sheet and accommodates the inner pack 36. The casing can be d... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7370756 | Pack for smoking articles This invention relates to a smoking article pack. The pack and the inner frame used in combination Therewith provide a substantially increased internal surface area for the printing of graphics and/or indicia in order to provide information to the consumer whilst no... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360646 | 2-in-1 cigarettes packaging with a ‘CLICK’ opening system as container for all kinds of cigarettes equipped with matches and striking paper A 2 in 1 packaging utilizing the ‘CLICK opening system (FIG. 1) cigarettes packaging and integrated with matches and its striking paper which is placed in the inner part of the packaging, which consists of: the opening of the packaging utilizing the ‘clic... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353940 | Tongue lid pack for rod-shaped smoking articles and a blank thereof A tongue lid pack for filter cigarettes includes a box (2), contents (6) contained in the box (2) and having a cigarette bundle (CB) wrapped in a wrapper (8), a tongue lid (16) for opening and closing an opening end of the box (... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331451 | Cigarette package with coupon and method and device for the production thereof A cuboidal cigarette pack with a large-surface-area pack side, namely rear side (13), is provided with a blank (23), which serves as a printing carrier, in the region of this rear side (13). The blank is positioned between an outer wrapper (1... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320399 | Lateral-opening rigid hinged-lid packet A rigid cigarette packet having a case (1) defined by a cup-shaped container (12) closed by a hinged, lateral-opening lid (11), and wherein the lid (11) incorporates at least part of a top wall (4) of the case (1); and the c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318523 | Rigid container for tobacco items and method of producing such a container A rigid container for tobacco items, defined by a tubular lateral wall (11) and by at least one end wall (6), and wherein one of the two walls (6, 11) has at least one inwardly concave portion (13; 82; 91; 96; 102; 113), and the other wal... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290652 | Container, especially for cigarettes The invention relates to a container, especially for cigarettes, having a base and a lid. The base includes a bottom area and a first wall, and the lid includes a cover area and a second wall. The base and the lid are hinged to each other on a first side of the firs... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273145 | Cigarette pack comprising a slide and case A cigarette pack with a shell (10) and slide (11), the range of movement of the slide (11) within the shell (10) is limited, in particular by stops formed, on the one hand, on a stop tab (30) and, on the other hand, by a recess ( | 09/25/2007 |
| 7234632 | Rigid wrapper for a plurality of packets of cigarettes A rigid carton type wrapper (1; 80; 86) for packets (2) of cigarettes is fashioned as a box-like container (8) with a hinged lid (10) erected from a flat blank (42; 81; 99) presenting a main portion (43), and an appendage ( | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228961 | Packaged article with tear-away label portion A multi-ply wrapper for a package includes an inner ply of material having printed indicia at selected portions thereon and an outer ply of material laminated to the inner ply wherein the outer ply is provided with perforated sections aligned to cover the printed in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213704 | Pack of rigid type for tobacco products A pack for tobacco products consists in at least one rigid packet (2) appearing as a container (3) presenting a bottom end face (4), surmounted by a hinged lid (5) presenting a top end face (6) and rotatable between a position in w... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7175022 | Hinged-lid pack for rodlike smoking articles and blank for the pack A hinged-lid pack includes a case (2), and contents (14) contained in the case (2) and fit with an inner frame (16). The case (2) has a transverse cutting line (22) formed in a front wall (4) thereof, oblique cutting ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159717 | Packaging design with separate compartments A gum packaging design that utilizes two separate compartments, an upper compartment and a lower compartment. Each of the compartments may be formed from a separate paperboard blank. The blanks are folded to form the compartments and then the lower compartment is ad... | 01/09/2007 |
