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Sports ball

Granted 14 Apr 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Molten

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Inventors: Tsuneo Hirata, Ryo Kurahashi, Ryo Inabayashi · Examiner: Catherine Tuttle · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/324,497

filed 12 Sep 2008

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US D590460

granted 14 Apr 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of the…

FIG. 1 is a front view of the sports ball showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view taken obliquely from above.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a sports ball, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D21/713

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Catherine Tuttle

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D590460-S	S1	14 Apr 2009	12 Sep 2008	granted	Sports ball

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-323681-S	S	13 Jan 2009	17 Sep 2008	published	A ball for sports
TW	TW-D130143-S1	S1	1 Aug 2009	19 Sep 2008	published	Ball for sports

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