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Slot machine reels

Granted 16 Mar 2010 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc. · originally Konami Group Corporation

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Inventors: Takashi Nishitsuji, Toshiaki Shimizu · Examiner: Sandra Morris · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/314,053
filed 27 Feb 2009
Publication
Not published
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US D611996
granted 16 Mar 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of an embodiment of our design for slot machine reels, each with a side cover.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of our design for slot machine reels, each with a side cover.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front elevation view of an embodiment of our design for slot machine reels, each with a side cover; and,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front perspective view of an embodiment of our design for slot machine reels, each with a side cover.

The broken line disclosure is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/385D21/370

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Pendency
1.0 y
382 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
non-final + final
Responses
3
no RCE
Examiner
Sandra Morris
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
Citations: 20 back · 0 forward

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USthis patentUS-D611996-SS116 Mar 201027 Feb 2009grantedSlot machine reels
USUS-D616042-SS118 May 201022 Dec 2009grantedSlot machine reel assembly
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-318870-SS16 Apr 200812 Dec 2007publishedSlot machine reels

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