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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2005252185', 'Application No. 2005254464', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2006', 'Application No. 2006', 'Application No. 550037', 'Application No. 550403', 'Application No. 548243', 'Application No. 94117889', 'Application No. 094117887', 'Application No. 094118644']

Patent US7753289 - Antistatic paint cup - Google Patents
A flexible, disposable cup for use in a fluid supply assembly. The disposable cup is made of an antistatic material whereby chargeable particles in a coating mixture do not stick to the disposable cup so that uniformity of the coating mixture is maintained while it is dispensed. A method of maintaining...http://www.google.ca/patents/US7753289?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7753289 - Antistatic paint cup
Publication number US7753289 B2
Also published as CA2550762A1, CA2550762C, CA2564606A1, CA2564606C, CN1902006A, CN1942251A, CN1942251B, CN100435973C, DE602004021133D1, EP1703989A1, EP1703989B1, EP1750856A1, US7165732, US7625016, US7744011, US20050156058, US20050263614, US20060144960, US20060249597, WO2005075097A1, WO2005118151A1
Publication number 11472911, 472911, US 7753289 B2, US 7753289B2, US-B2-7753289, US7753289 B2, US7753289B2
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U.S. Classification 239/328, 239/345, 239/600, 239/379, 222/158, 222/105, 239/74, 220/495.06, 222/95, 220/495.02, 428/922
International Classification B05B7/24, B05B11/04