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Vehicle exterior

Granted 15 Sep 2020 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC · originally Ford Motor

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Inventors: Gordon Platto, Joshua Henry, Sean Tant, Rick Howard · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/678,124
filed 25 Jan 2019
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US D896129
granted 15 Sep 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

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

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top, front and left side perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top, rear, and left side perspective view thereof.

Any broken lines represent an internal boundary of the design; the line itself and the area within form no part of the claim.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/98

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