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Plasma gun

Granted 27 Jan 2015 · no office action yet

Current assignee: OERLIKON METCO (US) INC. · originally Robert F. Savill, Jr.

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Inventors: Robert F. Savill, Jr. · Examiner: Patricia Palasik · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/420,567
filed 10 May 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D721749
granted 27 Jan 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left side view of…

FIG. 1 is a left side view of one embodiment of the plasma gun;

FIG. 2 is a top side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 shows a bottom side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 shows a front side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 shows a back side view of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 shows a right side view of FIG. 1 .

Any surfaces of the design not shown, including interior surfaces and any surfaces shown in broken lines, form no part of the claimed invention.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/144

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USthis patentUS-D721749-SS127 Jan 201510 May 2012grantedPlasma gun
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AUAU-346156-SS4 Jan 201327 Nov 2012publishedPlasma gun
CACA-148162-SS8 Jul 201324 Oct 2012grantedPlasma gun
TWTW-D159072-SS1 Mar 20145 Nov 2012publishedPlasma gun

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