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Ring gasket

Granted 23 Aug 2011 · no office action yet

Inventors: Scott D. Madara, Matthew A. Bowman, Thomas M. Soloe, Charles E. Wilk, Jr. · Examiner: T. Chase Nelson · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application

29/341,701

filed 11 Aug 2009

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US D643912

granted 23 Aug 2011

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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 ring gasket;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the design for the ring gasket shown in FIG. 1 , the rear view being identical; and,

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the design for the ring gasket shown in FIG. 1 , the right side view and the top and bottom views being identical.

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Claims

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›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a ring gasket, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D23/269

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T. Chase Nelson

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D643912-S	S1	23 Aug 2011	11 Aug 2009	granted	Ring gasket
US	US-D648427-S	S1	8 Nov 2011	12 Jul 2011	granted	Ring gasket

›Other offices — 5 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-329791-S	S	3 Mar 2010	4 Feb 2010	published	Ring gasket
AU	AU-329798-S	S	10 Mar 2010	4 Feb 2010	published	Ring gasket
CA	CA-133727-S	S	16 Aug 2010	14 Jan 2010	granted	Ring gasket
CA	CA-135271-S	S	16 Aug 2010	14 Jan 2010	granted	Ring gasket
TW	TW-D140023-S1	S1	11 Apr 2011	10 Feb 2010	published	Ring gasket

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