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Refrigerator

Granted 21 Jan 2020 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD. · originally Midea America Corp.

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Inventors: Ankai Liao, Feng Wen, Wei Huang · Examiner: Khawaja Anwar · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/644,964

filed 23 Apr 2018

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US D873310

granted 21 Jan 2020

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a refrigerator showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a right-side elevational view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a left-side elevational view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 .

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a refrigerator, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D15/86

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Examiner

Khawaja Anwar

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D873310-S	S1	21 Jan 2020	23 Apr 2018	granted	Refrigerator

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-180293-S	S	27 Nov 2019	16 Mar 2018	granted	Refrigerator

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