Patent numbers

Patent numbers (issued in the United States) are inscribed on most Pez dispensers. They can be a way to tell the relative age of a dispenser.

United States Patent Numbers

Overview

Patent numbers can usually be found near the bottom of the dispenser on one of the sides.

2.6

• Full number: 2,620,061
• Issued: 1952
• Name: Pocket article dispensing container
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3.3

• Full number: 3,370,746A
• Issued: 1968
• Name: Dispenser for tablets
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Only used for the Space Ray gun made in Austria

3.4

• Full number: 3,410,455
• Issued: 1968
• Name: Dispensing Device for tablets
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3.8

• Full number: 3,845,882
• Issued: 1974
• Name: Spring cage for use in a tablet dispensing receptacle
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3.9

• Full number: 3,942,683
• Issued: 1976
• Name: Tablet dispensing receptacle
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4.9

• Full number: 4,966,305
• Issued: 1990
• Name: Tablet dispenser
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5.9

• Full number: 5,984,285
• Issued: 1999
• Name: Plastic spring
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7.5

• Full number: 7,523,841
• Issued: 2009
• Name: Tray for storing and individually dispensing tablets
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Foreign Patent Numbers

Box Patent

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DBP

Deutsches Bundes Patent Coming soon.

Mexican Patent

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US Zone Patent

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