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Granted 28 Sep 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

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Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishida · Examiner: Martie K. Holtje · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/200,125
filed 25 Feb 2004
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US D496688
granted 28 Sep 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pen;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view thereof with the writing tip shown extended;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof, a left side view being a mirror image of the right side view;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a sectional view thereof, taken along line 8—8 of FIG. 3 with an outline of a refill and other inside parts.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D19/51D19/55D19/56

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