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Assignee: SMK Corporation

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Inventors: Ryotaro Oishi, Sota Kawashima, Masayasu Ito, Haruo Yoshida · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/404,917

filed 26 Oct 2011

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US D688636

granted 27 Aug 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a switch showing an embodiment of a new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear perspective view thereof.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a switch, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D13/171

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Selina Sikder

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D688636-S	S1	27 Aug 2013	26 Oct 2011	granted	Switch

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-142883-S	S	28 May 2012	26 Oct 2011	granted	Switch
TW	TW-D154407-S1	S1	1 Jul 2013	24 Oct 2011	published	開關zh
TW	TW-D154407-S	S	11 Jul 2013	25 Oct 2011	published	開關zh

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