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Mouthpiece of a smoking article

Granted 16 Feb 2016 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Altria Client Services · originally Altria Group, Inc.

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Inventors: Eric Hawes, Alistair Bramley, George Stafford, Traci Martin +1 · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan

Application
29/471,338
filed 30 Oct 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D749780
granted 16 Feb 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mouthpiece of a smoking article showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along the line III-III shown in FIG. 2 .

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D27/169D27/170

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Pendency
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Examiner
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Worldwide family

10 members · 5 offices
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Members
10
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Offices
5
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›IP5 & PCT — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D749780-SS116 Feb 201630 Oct 2013grantedMouthpiece of a smoking article
USUS-D857983-SS127 Aug 201928 Dec 2015grantedSmoking article with mouthpiece
JPJP-1516530-SS2 Feb 201528 Apr 2014grantedno title held
JPJP-1517315-SS9 Feb 201528 Apr 2014grantedno title held
JPJP-1518892-SS9 Mar 201528 Apr 2014grantedno title held
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-355632-SS21 May 201430 Apr 2014publishedMouthpiece of a smoking article
AUAU-355633-SS21 May 201430 Apr 2014publishedSmoking article
AUAU-355634-SS21 May 201430 Apr 2014publishedSmoking article
CACA-156390-SS6 Sep 201729 Apr 2014grantedMouthpiece of an electronic smoking article
UAUA-32059-SS10 May 201620 Jul 2015publishedЕлемент торцевий для курильного приладдяuk

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