USPatentGranted

Applicator clip for applying a hair composition to a bundle of hair strands

Granted 1 Apr 2014 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Wella Operations US LLC · originally Procter & Gamble

Inventors: David Dombrowski, Natasha Jane Evans, William John Davis, David James McNeill +1 · Examiner: Zenia Bennett · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/462,609

filed 6 Aug 2013

Publication

Not published

not published

Patent· this page

US D701996

granted 1 Apr 2014

term adjustment not held

none

Litigation

checked

Classifications

Citations

14 cites · 0 cited by

Life of the patent

2 dated events

⤢ drag to zoom

Prosecutionhover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts

›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of our…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of our new design shown in a closed position, the design being capable of being in an open or closed position;

FIG. 2 is a front view;

FIG. 3 is a rear view;

FIG. 4 is a left side view;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom perspective view.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for an applicator clip for applying a hair composition to a bundle of hair strands, as shown and described.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D28/7

Claim changes

Soon

Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

Pendency

0.7 y

238 days filing → grant

Office actions

none on record

Examiner

Zenia Bennett

art unit 2913 · TC 2900

Law firm

Law firm · Log in to unlock

Citations: 14 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Chain of title

⤢ drag to zoom

TitleLienReleasehover for detail · click to open

See the full assignment history — every owner this patent has passed through, with recordation dates and reel/frame numbers.

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Worldwide family

8 members · 2 offices

this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open

Members

DOCDB simple family 49355785

Offices

Granted

8 of 8

grant date present

›IP5 & PCT — 5 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D692178-S	S1	22 Oct 2013	16 Sep 2010	granted	Applicator clip for applying a hair composition to a bundle of hair strands
US	US-D698484-S	S1	28 Jan 2014	6 Aug 2013	granted	Applicator clip for applying a hair composition to a bundle of hair strands
USthis patent	US-D701996-S	S1	1 Apr 2014	6 Aug 2013	granted	Applicator clip for applying a hair composition to a bundle of hair strands
US	US-D705987-S	S1	27 May 2014	6 Aug 2013	granted	Applicator clip for applying a hair composition to a bundle of hair strands
US	US-D705988-S	S1	27 May 2014	6 Aug 2013	granted	Applicator clip for applying a hair composition to a bundle of hair strands

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-137161-S	S	27 Oct 2011	16 Sep 2010	granted	Device for applying hair coloring compositions
CA	CA-139083-S	S	27 Oct 2011	16 Sep 2010	granted	Device for applying hair coloring compositions
CA	CA-139084-S	S	27 Oct 2011	16 Sep 2010	granted	Device for applying hair coloring compositions

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.