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Expansion valve

Granted 7 Jan 2020 · no office action yet

Application
29/624,285
filed 31 Oct 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D872228
granted 7 Jan 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an expansion valve showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

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

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines depict portions of the expansion valve that form no part of claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/233

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Examiner
Gino Colan
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USthis patentUS-D872228-SS17 Jan 202031 Oct 2017grantedExpansion valve
JPJP-1604425-SS21 May 201826 Sep 2017grantedno title held

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