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Solar panel

Granted 26 Feb 2019 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: DB TRUSTEES (HONG KONG) LIMITED · originally Flex Ltd.

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Inventors: Huaming Zhou, Lisong Zhou · Examiner: Daniel D Bui · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/615,112
filed 25 Aug 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D841571
granted 26 Feb 2019

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Description

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The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a solar panel showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a back elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawing views are included for the purpose of illustrating unclaimed portions of the solar cell that form no part of the claimed design. All elements shown in the top perspective view in FIG. 1 and the top plan view in FIG. 2 are structural lines on the surface and are flat with the top surface.

Applicant reserves the right to amend the claimed invention by showing in solid lines any and all features or portions thereof originally shown in broken lines and/or by showing in broken lines any and all features or portions thereof originally shown in solid lines.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/102

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1.5 y
550 days filing → grant
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1
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1
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Examiner
Daniel D Bui
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11 members · 5 offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D841571-SS126 Feb 201925 Aug 2017grantedSolar panel
USUS-D894116-SS125 Aug 202027 Dec 2018grantedSolar panel
USUS-D894825-SS11 Sep 202027 Dec 2018grantedSolar panel
JPJP-1622043-SS15 Jan 201911 Sep 2017grantedno title held
›Other offices — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201716871-SS11 Dec 201710 Nov 2017publishedSolar Panel
CACA-179691-SS12 Apr 20199 Feb 2018grantedSolar panel
CACA-186128-SS12 Apr 20199 Feb 2018grantedSolar panel
CACA-186129-SS12 Apr 20199 Feb 2018grantedSolar panel
TWTW-D195585-SS21 Jan 201911 Sep 2017publishedSolar panel
TWTW-D195588-SS21 Jan 201911 Sep 2017publishedSolar panel
TWTW-D195589-SS21 Jan 201911 Sep 2017publishedSolar panel

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