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Surface pattern for the front of a control panel of a portable machine

Granted 30 Sep 1997 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company · originally Ingersoll Rand

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Inventors: Dale R. Herbstritt, David F. Rowe, Jr., Pedro Pelaez, Godfrey Little +2 · Examiner: Ralf Seifert · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 19 Jan 1996
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US D384331
granted 30 Sep 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of surface pattern for the front of a control panel of a portable machine showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a right view thereof.

The broken line showing of elements are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.

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D13/162

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