<P> In early 2006 the family of the original founder of the company bought back 32.5% of the stock from investment company PGH for € 18M . They now own 67.5% of the company . The headquarters are in Traun, Austria . The Pez mints are produced in Traun and Orange, Connecticut, U.S. while the dispensers are produced in Hungary and China . </P> <P> Pez, Inc. has applied for and received patents related to the Pez dispensers, and usually molds the patent number onto the stem of the design . The patent number cannot be reliably used to determine how old the dispenser is . Collectors refer to the first two digits of a patent number as a shorthand for a given patent number . For example, the 5.9 (5,984,285) patent was granted in 1999, but didn't first appear on a Pez item until 2002 . By 2007, 4.9 patented items were still regularly appearing on store shelves . Dispensers can also be found with several non-US patents, such as the German "DBP 818.829" (Deutsches Bundes Patent), and the Mexican "Patent Nr 141,242". The patent number timeline related to Pez dispensers are the following: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Patent </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Name of patent; notes about the patent </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Patent 2,620,061 </Td> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Pocket article dispensing container; First patent for the Pez dispenser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Patent 3,410,455 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Dispensing Device for tablets </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Patent 3,845,882 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Spring cage for use in a tablet dispensing receptacle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Patent 3,942,683 </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Tablet dispensing receptacle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Patent 4,966,305 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tablet dispenser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Patent 5,984,285 </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Plastic spring </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Patent 7,523,841 </Td> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Tray for storing and individually dispensing tablets </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Patent </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Name of patent; notes about the patent </Th> </Tr>

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