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Portion of a ground fault interrupter

Granted 31 Oct 2006 · no office action yet

Application
29/243,098
filed 18 Nov 2005
Publication
Not published
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US D531121
granted 31 Oct 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, bottom and right…

FIG. 1 is a front, bottom and right side perspective view of the design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a front, bottom and right side perspective view of the design in combination with a wall plate.

In all of the views, the dotted lines are for environmental purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. The rear is not part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/139.3

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Examiner
Alan P. Douglas
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D512021-SS129 Nov 200510 Nov 2003grantedGround fault interrupter
USUS-D521932-SS130 May 200626 May 2005grantedGround fault interrupter
USthis patentUS-D531121-SS131 Oct 200618 Nov 2005grantedPortion of a ground fault interrupter
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-105618-SS18 Aug 200520 Jan 2004grantedGround fault interrupter
CACA-111482-SS18 Aug 200520 Jan 2004grantedCombination ground fault interrupter and wall plate
CACA-111483-SS18 Aug 200520 Jan 2004grantedGround fault interrupter
CACA-111484-SS18 Aug 200520 Jan 2004grantedCombination ground fault interrupter and wall plate

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