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Optical disc drive

Granted 26 Jan 2010 · 6 office actions

Assignee: Panasonic

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Inventors: Masaomi Inoue, Masatoshi Takeda · Examiner: Brian N Vinson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/329,424
filed 15 Dec 2008
Publication
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US D608780
granted 26 Jan 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of an optical disc drive showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a first side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a second side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken-line disclosure in the views is understood to represent portions of the article in which the claimed design is embodied, but which form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/368

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