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Control panel for appliance with embedded display screen having a graphical user interface

Granted 6 Feb 2018 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Whirlpool

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Inventors: Wen Shi, Estela Duhart, Brandon Satanek, Amy Cross · Examiner: Karen E Kearney · AU 2923 · TC 2900

Application
29/531,958
filed 30 Jun 2015
Publication
Not published
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US D809536
granted 6 Feb 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a control panel for appliance with embedded display screen having a graphical user interface according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof, a bottom view being identical thereto;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof, a left side view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial view showing the graphical user interface of the control panel for appliance with embedded display screen having a graphical user interface of FIG. 1 .

The evenly-spaced broken lines illustrate portions of the article that form no part of the claimed design.

Dash-dot lines represent the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof.

Dash-dot-dot lines represent the bounds of the graphical user interface and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/486

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2
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3
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Examiner
Karen E Kearney
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