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Cap for an ink cartridge

Granted 25 Oct 2016 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation

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Inventors: Koichi Toba, Atsushi Kobayashi, Tadahiro Mizutani · Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/501,257
filed 3 Sep 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D769966
granted 25 Oct 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top and right…

FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of a cap for an ink cartridge showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear, top and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof.

The features shown in broken lines in the drawings depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/56

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Responses
2
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Examiner
Cathy Anne MacCormac
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