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Dimmer paddle switch

Granted 9 Jan 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing

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Inventors: John Merritt, David Ong, Azer Ilkhanov, Selin Glickman +1 · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/240,418

filed 11 Oct 2005

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US D534873

granted 9 Jan 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front left perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front left perspective view illustrating our new design for a dimmer paddle switch;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a dimmer paddle switch, as shown and described.

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2 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D13/162D13/171

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Examiner

Selina Sikder

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D534873-S	S1	9 Jan 2007	11 Oct 2005	granted	Dimmer paddle switch

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-115310-S	S	31 May 2007	7 Apr 2006	granted	Dimmer paddle switch

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