USPatentGranted

Front grill for an automobile

Granted 14 Aug 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

29/413,891

filed 22 Feb 2012

Publication

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US D665314

granted 14 Aug 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a front grill for an automobile of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof.

The rear view forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a front grill for an automobile, as shown and described.

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D12/163

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none on record

Examiner

Melody N Brown

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15 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D659600-S	S1	15 May 2012	31 Mar 2011	granted	Front grill for an automobile
US	US-D665313-S	S1	14 Aug 2012	22 Feb 2012	granted	Front grill for an automobile
USthis patent	US-D665314-S	S1	14 Aug 2012	22 Feb 2012	granted	Front grill for an automobile
US	US-D665315-S	S1	14 Aug 2012	22 Feb 2012	granted	Front grill for an automobile
US	US-D665316-S	S1	14 Aug 2012	22 Feb 2012	granted	Front grill for an automobile
US	US-D665710-S	S1	21 Aug 2012	22 Feb 2012	granted	Front grill for an automobile

›Other offices — 9 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-339899-S	S	12 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile
AU	AU-339918-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile
AU	AU-339922-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile
AU	AU-339929-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile
AU	AU-339933-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile
AU	AU-339937-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile
TW	TW-D148843-S1	S1	21 Aug 2012	26 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile
TW	TW-D148843-S	S	1 Sep 2012	26 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile
TW	TW-D154824-S	S	21 Jul 2013	26 Sep 2011	published	Front grille for an automobile

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