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Pencil

Granted 22 Sep 2020 · no office action yet

Inventors: Duncan Robert Kerr, Jeremy Bataillou, Richard P. Howarth, Markus Diebel +17 · Examiner: Austin Murphy · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application

29/654,659

filed 26 Jun 2018

Publication

Not published

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US D896810

granted 22 Sep 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of a pencil showing our new design;

FIG. 2 shows a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 shows a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 shows a front view; the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 shows a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 shows a left view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 shows a right view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

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

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D14/411

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2.2 y

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Examiner

Austin Murphy

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Worldwide family

9 members · 4 offices

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Offices

US · JP

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D896810-S	S1	22 Sep 2020	26 Jun 2018	granted	Pencil
US	US-D942453-S	S1	1 Feb 2022	24 Aug 2020	granted	Pencil
US	US-D968407-S	S1	1 Nov 2022	27 Dec 2021	granted	Pencil
US	US-D1006023-S	S1	28 Nov 2023	19 Aug 2022	granted	Pencil
US	US-D1038946-S	S1	13 Aug 2024	20 Oct 2023	granted	Pencil
US	US-D1087096-S	S1	5 Aug 2025	13 Jun 2024	granted	Pencil
JP	JP-1631220-S	S	13 May 2019	21 Dec 2018	granted	no title held

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-185193-S	S	26 Nov 2019	12 Dec 2018	granted	Pencil
TW	TW-D199690-S	S	11 Sep 2019	24 Dec 2018	published	Pen

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