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Mouthpiece of a smoking article

Granted 9 Aug 2016 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: George Stafford, Eric Hawes, Traci Martin, Alistair Bramley +1 · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/471,454
filed 31 Oct 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D763503
granted 9 Aug 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 side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a right end elevational view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings depict environmental subject matter only that forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

4 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D27/170D27/163D27/101D27/169

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Examiner
Susan Bennett Hattan
art unit 2918 · TC 2900
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Worldwide family

14 members · 5 offices
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Members
14
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Offices
5
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›IP5 & PCT — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D763503-SS19 Aug 201631 Oct 2013grantedMouthpiece of a smoking article
USUS-D815340-SS110 Apr 201828 Apr 2016grantedSmoking article with mouthpiece
USUS-D914272-SS123 Mar 20218 Mar 2018grantedSmoking article
USUS-D1017886-SS112 Mar 202416 Dec 2019grantedSmoking article
JPJP-1526741-SS15 Jun 201528 Apr 2014grantedno title held
›Other offices — 9 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-355635-SS21 May 201430 Apr 2014publishedSmoking article
AUAU-355636-SS21 May 201430 Apr 2014publishedSmoking article
AUAU-355637-SS21 May 201430 Apr 2014publishedSmoking article
AUAU-355638-SS21 May 201430 Apr 2014publishedSmoking article
CACA-156388-SS6 Sep 201729 Apr 2014grantedElectronic smoking article
CACA-161236-SS6 Sep 201729 Apr 2014grantedElectronic smoking article
CACA-161237-SS6 Sep 201729 Apr 2014grantedElectronic smoking article
CACA-161238-SS6 Sep 201729 Apr 2014grantedElectronic smoking article
UAUA-32058-SS10 May 201620 Jul 2015publishedПриладдя курильне з торцевим елементомuk

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