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Microphone

Granted 21 Nov 2006 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America · originally Sony Group Corporation

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Inventors: Minoru Shimizu · Examiner: Paula A. Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/242,850

filed 16 Nov 2005

Publication

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US D532410

granted 21 Nov 2006

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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 microphone showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a microphone, as shown.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/226

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Examiner

Paula A. Greene

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7 members · 7 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D532410-S	S1	21 Nov 2006	16 Nov 2005	granted	Microphone

›Other offices — 6 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-306416-S	S	10 Apr 2006	13 Oct 2005	published	Microphone
CA	CA-113496-S	S	28 Feb 2007	16 Nov 2005	granted	Microphone
EC	EC-SDI066283-S	S	25 Oct 2006	13 Jan 2006	published	no title held
TW	TW-D114355-S1	S1	11 Dec 2006	9 Nov 2005	published	麥克風zh
UY	UY-3590-Q	Q	30 Nov 2005	20 Oct 2005	published	Microfonoes
ZA	ZA-F200501580-S	S	5 Jun 2008	9 Nov 2005	published	Microphone

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