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Rigid pipe coupling segment

Granted 23 Mar 2010 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Victaulic Company

Inventors: John W. Pierce, Vance W. Henry, Ahmad Sith, Scott D. Madara +1 · Examiner: T. Chase Nelson · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application

29/339,888

filed 9 Jul 2009

Publication

Not published

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US D612461

granted 23 Mar 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an isometric view of our…

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of our design for a rigid pipe coupling segment;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the design for a rigid pipe coupling segment shown in FIG. 1 , the rear view being identical;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the design for a rigid pipe coupling segment shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the design for a rigid pipe coupling segment shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the design for a rigid pipe coupling segment shown in FIG. 1 , the right side view being identical.

The broken lines in FIGS. 1–5 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a rigid pipe coupling segment, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D23/262

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Pendency

0.7 y

257 days filing → grant

Office actions

non-final + final

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Examiner

T. Chase Nelson

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11 members · 4 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D605734-S	S1	8 Dec 2009	3 Dec 2008	granted	Rigid pipe coupling
USthis patent	US-D612461-S	S1	23 Mar 2010	9 Jul 2009	granted	Rigid pipe coupling segment
US	US-D614269-S	S1	20 Apr 2010	9 Jul 2009	granted	Rigid pipe coupling segment

›Other offices — 8 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-326506-S	S	22 Jun 2009	27 May 2009	published	Rigid pipe coupling
AU	AU-326514-S	S	22 Jun 2009	27 May 2009	published	Rigid pipe coupling segment
CA	CA-130938-S	S	6 Oct 2011	3 Jun 2009	granted	Rigid pipe coupling
CA	CA-133395-S	S	6 Oct 2011	3 Jun 2009	granted	Rigid pipe coupling
CA	CA-133396-S	S	6 Oct 2011	3 Jun 2009	granted	Rigid pipe coupling segment
CA	CA-133397-S	S	6 Oct 2011	3 Jun 2009	granted	Rigid pipe coupling segment
TW	TW-D135405-S1	S1	11 Jun 2010	2 Jun 2009	published	Rigid pipe coupling
TW	TW-D137489-S1	S1	21 Oct 2010	2 Jun 2009	published	Rigid pipe coupling segment

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