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Mouthpiece of a smoking article

Granted 7 Nov 2017 · no office action yet

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

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

Application
29/591,099
filed 17 Jan 2017
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US D802207
granted 7 Nov 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 of 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 depict portions of the mouthpiece of a smoking article 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
D27/170

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USUS-D779725-SS121 Feb 201713 Apr 2016grantedMouthpiece for a smoking article
USUS-D780993-SS17 Mar 201711 Apr 2016grantedMouthpiece for a smoking article
USthis patentUS-D802207-SS17 Nov 201717 Jan 2017grantedMouthpiece of a smoking article
›Other offices — 2 members
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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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