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Taillight for a vehicle

Granted 16 Jul 2013 · no office action yet

Assignee: BMW Manufacturing

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Inventors: Sebastian Morgenstern · Examiner: Marcus Jackson · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/412,808
filed 8 Feb 2012
Publication
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US D686358
granted 16 Jul 2013

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Description

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›This application contains subject matter related to the…

This application contains subject matter related to the following co-pending U.S. design patent applications:

Application Ser. No. 29/412,809, filed herewith and entitled “Vehicle, Toy, and/or Replicas Thereof”; and

Application Ser. No. 29/412,814, filed herewith and entitled “Vehicle, Toy, and/or Replicas Thereof”.

FIG. 1 is a left perspective view of a first embodiment of a taillight for a vehicle according to my design;

FIG. 2 is a right perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof; and

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a right perspective view of a second embodiment of a taillight for a vehicle showing my new design, with the taillight for a vehicle for the opposite side of the vehicle being depicted in the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a left perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a top view thereof.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. Also enclosed is a set of photographs of an embodiment of the design.

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D26/28

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Pendency
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Examiner
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D686355-SS116 Jul 20138 Feb 2012grantedHeadlight for a vehicle
USUS-D686356-SS116 Jul 20138 Feb 2012grantedHeadlight for a vehicle
USUS-D686357-SS116 Jul 20138 Feb 2012grantedTaillight for a vehicle
USthis patentUS-D686358-SS116 Jul 20138 Feb 2012grantedTaillight for a vehicle
USUS-D686766-SS123 Jul 20138 Feb 2012grantedTaillight for a vehicle
›Other offices — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
TWTW-D152561-SS21 Mar 20137 Feb 2012publishedHeadlight for motor vehicles
TWTW-D152562-SS21 Mar 20137 Feb 2012publishedHeadlight for motor vehicles (xenon)
TWTW-D152563-SS21 Mar 20137 Feb 2012publishedRear light for motor vehicles (large part)
TWTW-D152564-SS21 Mar 20137 Feb 2012publishedRear light for motor vehicles
TWTW-D152565-SS21 Mar 20137 Feb 2012publishedRear light for motor vehicles (small part)
TWTW-D155920-SS1 Sep 20137 Feb 2012publishedHeadlight for motor vehicles (xenon)
TWTW-D157700-SS1 Dec 20137 Feb 2012publishedHeadlight for motor vehicles

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