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User interface for a computer screen

Granted 29 Jun 2004 · 8 office actions

Current assignee: International Business Machines · originally Cognis Corporation

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Inventors: Scott McEwen, David Dewar, Roy Ballantine · Examiner: M. H. Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/119,543
filed 3 Mar 2000
Publication
Not published
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US D492322
granted 29 Jun 2004

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Description

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›The said design is the overall shape of…

The said design is the overall shape of the user interface for a computer screen shown in the drawing.

The single FIGURE is a front view of a user interface for a computer screen. The broken-line disclosure of the computer screen in the view is for illustrative purposes only, and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Classifications

2 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/486

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Pendency
4.3 y
1,579 days filing → grant
Office actions
4
non-final + final
Responses
4
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Examiner
M. H. Tung
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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