Earplug
Granted 21 Feb 2012 · 8 office actions
Current assignee: GOLUB CAPITAL MARKETS LLC · originally Kimberly Clark Worldwide
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Inventors: Steven Craig Gehling, Waihong Leong · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2916 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an earplug, showing our design.
FIG. 2 is a left-side view of the earplug thereof, where the right-side, front-side and back-side views all are similar thereto.
FIG. 3 is a top view of the earplug thereof.
FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the earplug thereof.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the earplug, showing an alternate design thereof.
FIG. 6 is a left-side view of the earplug thereof, where the right-side, front-side and back-side views all are similar thereto.
FIG. 7 is a top view of the earplug thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the earplug thereof.
The long-short-short-long dashes immediately adjacent to the stippling areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines represent environmental structure and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the clamed design.
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6 members · 4 offices›IP5 & PCT — 1 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USthis patent | US-D654582-S | S1 | 21 Feb 2012 | 30 Sep 2008 | granted | Earplug |
›Other offices — 5 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU | AU-325173-S | S | 16 Mar 2009 | 9 Mar 2009 | published | Earplug |
| AU | AU-325176-S | S | 16 Mar 2009 | 9 Mar 2009 | published | Earplug |
| CA | CA-130186-S | S | 12 Aug 2010 | 27 Mar 2009 | granted | Earplug |
| CA | CA-134166-S | S | 12 Aug 2010 | 27 Mar 2009 | granted | Earplug with insert |
| TW | TW-D135044-S1 | S1 | 21 May 2010 | 27 Feb 2009 | published | Earplug |
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