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Face panel for a controller board

Granted 30 Dec 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Oracle America, Inc. formerly Sun Microsystems, Inc. · originally Oracle Corporation

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Inventors: Christopher H. Frank, Adam Richardson · Examiner: M. H. Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/161,033
filed 20 May 2002
Publication
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US D484509
granted 30 Dec 2003

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Description

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›The design consists of the ornamental shape of…

The design consists of the ornamental shape of a face panel for a controller board of a computer system. The face panel is the portion of the controller board that remains visible after the controller board is fully inserted into a slot of a computer system. Surfaces behind the face panel are not part of the design.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the face panel for a controller board with the swiveling handles in an extended position, viewed from a position to the left of the face panel.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the face panel for a controller board with the swiveling handles in an extended position, viewed from a position to the right of the face panel.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the face panel for a controller board with the swiveling handles in an extended position.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the face panel for a controller board with the swiveling handles in a folded position, viewed from a position to the left of the face panel.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the face panel for a controller board with the swiveling handles in a folded position, viewed from a position to the right of the face panel; and,

FIG. 6 is a front view of the face panel for a controller board with the swiveling handles in a folded position.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/441

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M. H. Tung
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