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Front portion of an automobile

Granted 3 Jul 2012 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · originally Toyota Motor

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Inventors: Kazumi Kowaki, Hirofumi Fukui · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/411,689
filed 25 Jan 2012
Publication
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US D662864
granted 3 Jul 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front left perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front left perspective view of a front portion of an automobile of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear left perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof, the right side elevation view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof.

The portion of the vehicle in light contrast is environment and is not a part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/164

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Examiner
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USUS-D659058-SS18 May 201231 Mar 2011grantedFront portion of an automobile
USthis patentUS-D662864-SS13 Jul 201225 Jan 2012grantedFront portion of an automobile
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AUAU-339917-SS13 Dec 201129 Sep 2011publishedAutomobile
AUAU-339930-SS13 Dec 201129 Sep 2011publishedAutomobile

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