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Tire tread

Granted 4 Dec 2007 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Michelin

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Inventors: Alain Vidal, Sébastien Fugier, Cyril Guichon, Jean-François Salvan · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/264,560
filed 14 Aug 2006
Publication
Not published
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US D556669
granted 4 Dec 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing our…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing our new tire tread design.

FIG. 2 is an end elevational view of the tire tread design shown in FIG. 1 , taken in a direction perpendicular to the tire's axis of rotation; and,

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of FIG. 2 , taken in a direction parallel to the tire's axis of rotation.

The tread pattern is understood to repeat uniformly throughout the circumference of the tire, as shown schematically in solid lines. The dash-dot-dash lines delineating the claim boundaries and the broken lines depicting the unclaimed tire sidewall and inner bead form no part of the claim.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/512D12/563D12/530

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Pendency
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477 days filing → grant
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Examiner
Robert M. Spear
art unit 2913 · TC 2900
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