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Rail

Granted 18 Apr 2017 · 2 office actions

Assignee: The AZEK Company Inc.

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Inventors: John M. Previte, Kevin T. Burt, William G. Taylor, Timothy C. Rothwell +4 · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/561,815
filed 20 Apr 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D784559
granted 18 Apr 2017

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Description

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›The Applicant would also like to let the…

The Applicant would also like to let the Examiner know that the following related applications are also currently pending:

29/520,836, filed on Mar. 18, 2015, claims the benefit of 13/461,496

29/520,840, filed on Mar. 18, 2015, claims the benefit of 13/461,496

29/520,842, filed on Mar. 18, 2015, claims the benefit of 13/461,496

29/520,846, filed on Mar. 18, 2015, claims the benefit of 13/461,496

29/520,849, filed on Mar. 18, 2015, claims the benefit of 13/461,496

14/712,373, filed on May 14, 2015, claims the benefit of 13/461,496

14/712,412, filed on May 14, 2015, claims the benefit of 13/461,496

29/532,103, filed on Jul. 01, 2015, claims the benefit of 13/461,496.

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a rail.

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view of the rail of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the rail of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of the rail of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines on the front face and along the length of the rail in FIGS. 1 and 2 indicate portions that are not part of the claimed design. The broken lines on the rear end of the rail in FIGS. 1-4 indicate a break.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D25/38.1

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363 days filing → grant
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Responses
1
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Examiner
Susan Bennett Hattan
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