USPatentGranted

Flow control valve

Granted 1 Jan 2008 · no office action yet

Assignee: SMC Corporation of America

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Hisataka Kato · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application

29/270,865

filed 4 Jan 2007

Publication

Not published

not published

Patent· this page

US D558859

granted 1 Jan 2008

term adjustment not held

none

Litigation

checked

Classifications

Citations

6 cites · 0 cited by

Life of the patent

5 dated events

⤢ drag to zoom

ProsecutionOwnershipTerm & feeshover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 shows a front view of a…

FIG. 1 shows a front view of a flow control valve showing my new design;

FIG. 2 shows a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 shows a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 shows a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 shows a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 shows a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 shows a perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view thereof.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a flow control valve, as shown and described.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D23/233

Claim changes

Soon

Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

⤢ drag to zoom

USPTOApplicanthover for detail · click to open

Pendency

1.0 y

362 days filing → grant

Office actions

none on record

Examiner

Ian Simmons

art unit 2916 · TC 2900

Law firm

Law firm · Log in to unlock

Citations: 6 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Chain of title

⤢ drag to zoom

Titlehover for detail · click to open

See the full assignment history — every owner this patent has passed through, with recordation dates and reel/frame numbers.

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Worldwide family

2 members · 2 offices

this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open

Members

DOCDB simple family 38871035

Offices

Granted

1 of 2

grant date present

Non-English titles

shown as filed, never translated

›IP5 & PCT — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D558859-S	S1	1 Jan 2008	4 Jan 2007	granted	Flow control valve

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
TW	TW-D121695-S1	S1	1 Mar 2008	17 Aug 2006	published	流體控制閥zh

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.