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Surface ornamentation for a control panel on a range top

Granted 26 Sep 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Lewis Robert A

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Inventors: Robert A. Lewis, Ray G. Smith, Michael A. Markowich, Manoucher Shirali · Examiner: M. H. Tung · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 24 Apr 1996
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US D431156
granted 26 Sep 2000

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›FIG. 1 is a top view of surface…

FIG. 1 is a top view of surface ornamentation for a control panel on a range top, the broken line drawing of a range top is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof, the surface ornamentation is shown separately for clarify of illustration; and,

FIG. 3 is a top view of a second embodiment thereof, the surface ornamentation is shown separately for clarify of illustration.

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