The buckle of the present design is shown in greyscale, as protection of the present design is not to be limited to a specific colour and/or combination of colours of the buckle and of its parts.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D11/200D2/976

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Melanie Pellegrini

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D893140-S	S1	18 Aug 2020	19 Mar 2019	granted	Shoe
US	US-D893141-S	S1	18 Aug 2020	19 Mar 2019	granted	Shoe
US	US-D893349-S	S1	18 Aug 2020	20 Mar 2019	granted	Buckle
US	US-D893350-S	S1	18 Aug 2020	19 Mar 2019	granted	Buckle
US	US-D893351-S	S1	18 Aug 2020	19 Mar 2019	granted	Buckle
US	US-D895238-S	S1	8 Sep 2020	20 Mar 2019	granted	Shoe
US	US-D895244-S	S1	8 Sep 2020	20 Mar 2019	granted	Shoe sole
US	US-D895251-S	S1	8 Sep 2020	20 Mar 2019	granted	Shoe decoration
US	US-D895483-S	S1	8 Sep 2020	20 Mar 2019	granted	Buckle
USthis patent	US-D898612-S	S1	13 Oct 2020	19 Mar 2019	granted	Buckle

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
TW	TW-D201942-S	S	11 Jan 2020	21 Mar 2019	published	鞋用裝飾件zh

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