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Image forming apparatus

Granted 30 Jul 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: Canon Inc.

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Inventors: Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Hiroomi Matsuzaki · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/146,388

filed 10 Aug 2001

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US D460980

granted 30 Jul 2002

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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 image forming apparatus showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view as viewed thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for an image forming apparatus, as shown and described.

Classifications

2 codes

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/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D18/40

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Examiner

Caron D. Veynar

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D460980-S	S1	30 Jul 2002	10 Aug 2001	granted	Image forming apparatus

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-146268-S	S	13 Dec 2001	16 Aug 2001	published	Image forming apparatus
CA	CA-97318-S	S	18 Dec 2002	17 Aug 2001	granted	Toner cartridge

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