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Clip for a writing instrument

Granted 1 Apr 2008 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sanford, L.P. · originally Sanford L.P.

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Inventors: Jason Silverstein · Examiner: Elizabeth A. Albert · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/284,941
filed 18 Sep 2007
Publication
Not published
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US D565656
granted 1 Apr 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view showing…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view showing my new design for a clip for a writing instrument;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevation view of the clip of FIG. 1 , the right side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the clip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the clip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the clip of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a second perspective view of the clip of FIG. 1 .

The broken line showing of a pen cap and barrel in the drawings illustrates environmental matter and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D19/56

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USUS-D563474-SS14 Mar 200811 Apr 2006grantedClip for a writing instrument
USUS-D565106-SS125 Mar 200818 Sep 2007grantedClip for a writing instrument
USthis patentUS-D565656-SS11 Apr 200818 Sep 2007grantedClip for a writing instrument
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
TWTW-D120118-S1S121 Nov 200711 Oct 2006publishedPen cap
TWTW-D123731-S1S111 Jul 200811 Oct 2006publishedPen cap
TWTW-D124047-S1S11 Aug 200811 Oct 2006publishedPen cap

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