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Automobile

Granted 10 Jan 2006 · no office action yet

Inventors: Motoaki Minowa, Katsuhito Nakamura, Masashi Shimada, Toshihiko Shibuya · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application

29/199,792

filed 20 Feb 2004

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US D513480

granted 10 Jan 2006

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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 automobile showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a front perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view thereof.

The left side view is omitted because it is symmetrical to the right side view. The bottom view is omitted because it is not part of our new design.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for an automobile, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D12/91

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Examiner

Melody N. Brown

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D513480-S	S1	10 Jan 2006	20 Feb 2004	granted	Automobile

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-156830-S	S	8 Nov 2004	20 Feb 2004	published	Automobile
CA	CA-105938-S	S	23 Dec 2005	18 Feb 2004	granted	Automobile
TW	TW-D105216-S1	S1	21 Jun 2005	20 Feb 2004	published	Automobile

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