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Exterior surface configuration of a motor vehicle grill

Granted 3 Mar 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Mercedes-Benz Ag · originally Mercedes-Benz Group AG

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Inventors: Bruno Sacco, Olivier Pierre Boulay, Harald Leschke, Anthony W. K. Lo · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 31 Mar 1997
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US D391538
granted 3 Mar 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of an…

FIG. 1 is a front view of an exterior surface configuration of a motor vehicle grill according to our novel design; and,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view from the side and below showing the exterior surface configuration of a motor vehicle grill.

The rear view is flat and unornamented and is not visible in use.

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D12/163

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