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Louver assembly

Granted 16 Jun 2009 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC · originally Acuity Brands, Inc.

Inventors: John Thomas Mayfield, III, Charles T. Faircloth, II, Stephen Haight Lydecker · Examiner: Cathron C Brooks · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/281,369

filed 21 Jun 2007

Publication

Not published

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US D594590

granted 16 Jun 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a bottom perspective view of a louver assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the louver assembly of the FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a bottom perspective view of a second embodiment of a louver assembly of the present invention; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the louver assembly of the FIG. 3 .

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a louver assembly, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D26/121

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non-final + final

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Examiner

Cathron C Brooks

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D594590-S	S1	16 Jun 2009	21 Jun 2007	granted	Louver assembly

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-123993-S	S	25 Nov 2008	21 Dec 2007	granted	Louver assembly for a light fixture

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