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Writing instrument

Granted 28 Jan 2020 · no office action yet

Current assignee: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY · originally Staples, Inc.

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Inventors: Richard Watson, Albert King, Rory McGarry · Examiner: Elizabeth A. Albert · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/641,346
filed 21 Mar 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D873916
granted 28 Jan 2020

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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 writing instrument;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right elevation view thereof, the left elevation view is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a writing instrument according to another embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a front elevation view of the writing instrument of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 9 is a right elevation view of the writing instrument of FIG. 7 , the left elevation view of the writing instrument of FIG. 7 is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevation view of the writing instrument of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the writing instrument of FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the writing instrument of FIG. 7 .

The broken lines in the drawings illustrate portions of the writing instrument which form no part of the claimed design.

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D19/171D19/926

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