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Applicator

Granted 18 Jul 2017 · 12 office actions

Assignee: Procter & Gamble

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Inventors: James Douglas Still, Lucio Frias, William Dale Murdock, Mikah Coffindaffer · Examiner: Robert M Spear · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/458,152
filed 17 Jun 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D792217
granted 18 Jul 2017

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of…

FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of an applicator embodying the new design shown;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the design shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the design shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a back view of the design shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the design shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the design shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a top view of the design shown in FIG. 1 .

The dash-dash lines shown in the figures described above illustrate the portions of the applicator that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/448D28/7

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Pendency
4.1 y
1,492 days filing → grant
Office actions
6
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1
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Examiner
Robert M Spear
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