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Rail vehicle

Granted 19 May 2020 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. · originally CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY

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Inventors: Eiji Sato, Hajime Ito, Yuichi Ahiko, Tadashi Fujii +9 · Examiner: Susan E Krakower · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/588,585
filed 21 Dec 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D884557
granted 19 May 2020

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Description

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›This application contains subject matter related to the…

This application contains subject matter related to the following co-pending U.S. design patent application:

Application Ser. No. 29/621,467, filed Oct. 9, 2017 and entitled “Rail Vehicle.”

FIG. 1 is a front, top and left side perspective view of a rail vehicle according to the design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 8 - 8 of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 9 - 9 of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 10 - 10 of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 11 is a partial enlarged view illustrating box 11 of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of FIG. 4 .

The dotted broken lines illustrate unclaimed features of the rail vehicle. The dot-dash broken lines illustrate enlarged portions of the rail vehicle. The broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/36

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Pendency
3.4 y
1,245 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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2
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Examiner
Susan E Krakower
art unit 2917 · TC 2900
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3 members · 3 offices
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USthis patentUS-D884557-SS119 May 202021 Dec 2016grantedRail vehicle
JPJP-1574840-SS24 Apr 201723 Jun 2016grantedno title held
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TWTW-D186555-SS11 Nov 201722 Dec 2016published旅客用鐵道車輛之部分zh

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