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Ceiling fan

Granted 9 May 2006 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Minka Lighting Inc. · originally Ferguson Enterprises

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Inventors: William J. Tinen · Examiner: Lisa Lichtenstein · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/215,909
filed 26 Oct 2004
Publication
Not published
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US D520625
granted 9 May 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view from below…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view from below of a ceiling fan in accordance with my design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view from below of the ceiling fan in accordance with my design;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the ceiling fan in accordance with my design;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the ceiling fan in accordance with my design;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view of the ceiling fan in accordance with my design; and,

FIG. 6 is a side elevation view of the ceiling fan in accordance with my design.

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

In FIG. 2, the fan blades are shown broken away to indicate indeterminate length.

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Claims

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Classifications

3 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/377D23/379D23/385

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Pendency
1.5 y
560 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
1
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Interviews
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Examiner
Lisa Lichtenstein
art unit 2916 · TC 2900
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