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Confection

Granted 21 Oct 2008 · no office action yet

Assignee: Mars, Incorporated

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Inventors: Patricia Lee, legal representative · Examiner: Robin V. Webster · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/268,735
filed 13 Nov 2006
Publication
Not published
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US D578729
granted 21 Oct 2008

Life of the patent

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Description

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›FIG. 1 : is a front, left perspective…

FIG. 1 : is a front, left perspective view of a confection showing our new design;

FIG. 2 : is a top plan view of the design shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 : is a bottom plan view of the design shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 : is a left end elevational view of the design shown in FIG. 1 , wherein the right end is a mirror image thereof; and

FIG. 5 : is a front elevational view of the design shown in FIG. 1 , wherein the rear elevational view is a mirror image thereof.

FIG. 6 : is a front, left perspective view of a confection showing our new design;

FIG. 7 : is a top plan view of the design shown in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 : is a bottom plan view of the design shown in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 9 : is a left end elevational view of the design shown in FIG. 6 , wherein the right end is a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 10 : is a front elevational view of the design shown in FIG. 6 , wherein the rear elevational view is a mirror image thereof.

The broken line showing the indicia in FIGS. 6–10 are for the purpose of illustrating unclaimed portions and form no part of the claimed design.

The indicia of the letter ‘D’ shown in FIGS. 1–5 , forming part of the claimed design herein, is a registered trademark of Mars, Incorporated.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D01/127

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Pendency
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Examiner
Robin V. Webster
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USthis patentUS-D578729-SS121 Oct 200813 Nov 2006grantedConfection
USUS-D592377-SS119 May 200929 Aug 2008grantedConfection
USUS-D613476-SS113 Apr 201016 Apr 2009grantedConfection
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-120693-SS13 Mar 200811 May 2007grantedConfection
CACA-120694-SS13 Mar 200811 May 2007grantedConfection
CACA-120695-SS13 Mar 200811 May 2007grantedConfection

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