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Ball point pen

Granted 19 Oct 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Kazunori Katami · Examiner: Martie K. Holtje · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/198,135
filed 27 Jan 2004
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US D497389
granted 19 Oct 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a ball point pen showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view, the left side being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view with the writing tip extended; and,

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of FIG. 5.

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TWTW-D100621-S1S11 Oct 200410 Sep 2003publishedA ball point pen

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