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Dispensing system

Granted 19 Jun 2012 · no office action yet

Current assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. · originally S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

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Inventors: Nancy L. Broen, Matthew N. Thurin, Daria Constantini, Steven Sweeton +7 · Examiner: Catherine Tuttle · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/401,133
filed 7 Sep 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D661987
granted 19 Jun 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an isometric front, top and…

FIG. 1 is an isometric front, top and left side perspective view of the dispensing system showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof the right side elevational view being a mirror image of the left side shown;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

It is understood that the bounds of the claimed design between the solid line profiles at the upper and lower regions are represented by the vertical extent of the contour shading lines. The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the dispensing system that form no part of the claim.

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Claims

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Classifications

3 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/516D95/3D94/35

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Examiner
Catherine Tuttle
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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›IP5 & PCT — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D647805-SS11 Nov 201119 Apr 2010grantedDispensing system
USthis patentUS-D661987-SS119 Jun 20127 Sep 2011grantedDispensing system
USUS-D662426-SS126 Jun 20127 Sep 2011grantedDispensing system
USUS-D675103-SS129 Jan 201316 May 2012grantedDispensing system
USUS-D691488-SS115 Oct 20136 Dec 2012grantedDispensing system
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-334358-SS24 Dec 201019 Oct 2010publishedDispenser
AUAU-334359-SS24 Dec 201019 Oct 2010publishedDispenser
AUAU-335218-SS23 Feb 201119 Oct 2010publishedDispenser
CACA-137586-SS13 Sep 201118 Oct 2010grantedDispenser
CACA-139646-SS13 Sep 201118 Oct 2010grantedDispenser
CACA-139647-SS13 Sep 201118 Oct 2010grantedDispenser

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