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Gear shift knob

Granted 4 Sep 2018 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd. · originally CHINA-EURO VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY AKTIEBOLAG

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Inventors: Richard Stark · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application

29/577,921

filed 16 Sep 2016

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US D827523

granted 4 Sep 2018

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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 gear shift knob, taken from the front.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the gear shift knob of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a back view of the gear shift knob of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left-side view of the gear shift knob of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right-side view of the gear shift knob of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top view of the gear shift knob of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the gear shift knob of FIG. 1 .

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a gear shift knob, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D12/179

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D798206-S	S1	26 Sep 2017	16 Sep 2016	granted	Steering wheel
USthis patent	US-D827523-S	S1	4 Sep 2018	16 Sep 2016	granted	Gear shift knob

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
TW	TW-D184250-S	S	11 Jul 2017	14 Sep 2016	published	Steering wheel
TW	TW-D184251-S	S	11 Jul 2017	14 Sep 2016	published	Gear lever knob

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