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Mouthpiece for a smoking article

Granted 21 Feb 2017 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Alistair Bramley, Traci Martin, George Stafford, Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic +1 · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/561,106
filed 13 Apr 2016
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US D779725
granted 21 Feb 2017

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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 for a smoking article showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a right end elevational view thereof.

The broken lines seen within the petal shaped apertures in FIGS. 1 and 3 depict parts of the mouthpiece for a smoking article that form no part of the claimed design; while the remaining broken lines showing the smoking article depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D27/170

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USUS-D802207-SS17 Nov 201717 Jan 2017grantedMouthpiece of a smoking article
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CACA-161693-SS3 Nov 201525 Mar 2015grantedElectronic vaping article
UAUA-31653-SS10 Mar 201625 Mar 2015publishedКурильне приладдяuk

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