Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – With severing – removing material from preform mechanically,... – Punching article from sheet material
Reexamination Certificate
2009-07-09
2011-10-11
Heitbrink, Jill (Department: 1743)
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
With severing, removing material from preform mechanically,...
Punching article from sheet material
C264S251000, C264S255000, C264S279000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08034272
ABSTRACT:
A closure for a container, e.g., a tube, for a sample, e.g., a biological sample. The closure comprises a cap having a first opening and a second opening, the first opening capable of communicating with the mouth of a container, the second opening sealed by an exterior seal, and intermediate the first opening and the exterior seal, an interior seal. The invention also provides an assembly comprising the closure of this invention and a container. The invention also provides a method for preparing the closure.
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Haapala Keith
Pavlovic Erin Kim
Welk Joseph F.
Abbott Laboratories
Heitbrink Jill
Lucier Timothy P.
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