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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | Patent numbers can | + | Patent numbers, when present, can be found on one side of the dispenser, towards the bottom, beneath the country of origin and (usually) the words "U.S. Patent." Because of the dates the various patents were issued, the patent number can be a way to tell the relative age of a dispenser. |
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| + | Collectors do not refer to the entire patent number, but rather an abbreviated version, using only the first two numbers, separated by a decimal point and not a comma, as in the full patent number. For example: 3,942,683 is referred to as "3.9," 4,966,305 as "4.9" and so on. | ||
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Revision as of 11:40, 21 November 2016
Patent numbers are one of several identifying characteristics inscribed on most Pez dispensers, along with the country of origin, IMC and lot number.
United States Patent Numbers
Overview
Patent numbers, when present, can be found on one side of the dispenser, towards the bottom, beneath the country of origin and (usually) the words "U.S. Patent." Because of the dates the various patents were issued, the patent number can be a way to tell the relative age of a dispenser.
Collectors do not refer to the entire patent number, but rather an abbreviated version, using only the first two numbers, separated by a decimal point and not a comma, as in the full patent number. For example: 3,942,683 is referred to as "3.9," 4,966,305 as "4.9" and so on.
2.6
- Full number: 2,620,061
- Issued: 1952
- Name: Pocket article dispensing container
- View this patent on Google Patents
3.3
- Full number: 3,370,746A
- Issued: 1968
- Name: Dispenser for tablets
- View this patent on Google Patents
Only used for the "Candy Shooter" gun made in Austria
3.4
- Full number: 3,410,455
- Issued: 1968
- Name: Dispensing Device for tablets
- View this patent on Google Patents
3.8
- Full number: 3,845,882
- Issued: 1974
- Name: Spring cage for use in a tablet dispensing receptacle
- View this patent on Google Patents
3.9
- Full number: 3,942,683
- Issued: 1976
- Name: Tablet dispensing receptacle
- View this patent on Google Patents
4.9
- Full number: 4,966,305
- Issued: 1990
- Name: Tablet dispenser
- View this patent on Google Patents
5.9
- Full number: 5,984,285
- Issued: 1999
- Name: Plastic spring
- View this patent on Google Patents
7.5
- Full number: 7,523,841
- Issued: 2009
- Name: Tray for storing and individually dispensing tablets
- View this patent on Google Patents
No Patent
Coming soon.
Foreign Patent Numbers
Box Patent
Coming soon.
DBP
Deutsches Bundes Patent Coming soon.
Mexican Patent
Dispensers made in Mexico are marked with "Patent NR 141.242" underneath the words "Hecho en Mexico." Some dispensers can be found with just the designation "Hecho en Mexico" and no patent number.
US Zone Patent
Coming soon.
