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Toothbrush handle

Granted 27 Nov 2012 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company · originally Colgate-Palmolive

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Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Andreas Wechsler, Raimund Klausegger, Michael Rooney +2 · Examiner: Melanie H Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/411,739
filed 25 Jan 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D671326
granted 27 Nov 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of a toothbrush handle of the new design;

FIG. 2 is a left front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines showing a bristle mass and the features on the rear of the handle illustrate environmental structure and portions of the toothbrush handle that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D04/104

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1
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Examiner
Melanie H Tung
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USthis patentUS-D671326-SS127 Nov 201225 Jan 2012grantedToothbrush handle
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AUAU-332425-SS31 Aug 201016 Jun 2010publishedToothbrush handle
AUAU-332430-SS31 Aug 201016 Jun 2010publishedToothbrush handle
AUAU-332431-SS31 Aug 201016 Jun 2010publishedToothbrush handle

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