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Utility lighter

Granted 1 Jun 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Bic Corporation · originally Societe BIC

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Inventors: Brian J. Tubby, Chris A. Barone · Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 8 Apr 1998

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US D410363

granted 1 Jun 1999

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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 a first embodiment of a utility lighter illustrating my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the utility lighter shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the utility lighter shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the utility lighter shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an end view of the utility lighter shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is the other end view of the utility lighter shown in FIG. 1.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a utility lighter, as shown and described.

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D07/416

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D410363-S	S	1 Jun 1999	8 Apr 1998	granted	Utility lighter

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-137681-S	S	30 Jun 1999	6 Oct 1998	published	Utility lighter

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