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Electronic smoking article charger

Granted 12 Oct 2021 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Altria Client Services Llc · originally Altria Group, Inc.

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Inventors: Terry Bache, Eric Hawes, David R. Schiff, Chris Phelan +1 · Examiner: Sanjeev Paul · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application

29/666,914

filed 17 Oct 2018

Publication

Not published

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US D933001

granted 12 Oct 2021

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Life of the patent

8 dated events

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Description

1 parts

›The FIGURE is a front elevational view of…

The FIGURE is a front elevational view of an electronic smoking article charger showing our new design.

The dot-dash lines shown in the drawing are included for the purpose of illustrating the bounds of the claim and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for an electronic smoking article charger, as shown and described.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D13/107

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Pendency

3.0 y

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non-final + final

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Examiner

Sanjeev Paul

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Worldwide family

11 members · 4 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D773989-S	S1	13 Dec 2016	26 Sep 2013	granted	Electronic smoking article charger
US	US-D833970-S	S1	20 Nov 2018	8 Feb 2016	granted	Electronic smoking article charger
USthis patent	US-D933001-S	S1	12 Oct 2021	17 Oct 2018	granted	Electronic smoking article charger

›Other offices — 8 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-354856-S	S	9 Apr 2014	26 Mar 2014	published	Electronic smoking article charger
AU	AU-354857-S	S	9 Apr 2014	26 Mar 2014	published	Electronic smoking article charger
AU	AU-354858-S	S	9 Apr 2014	26 Mar 2014	published	Electronic smoking article charger
AU	AU-354893-S	S	10 Apr 2014	26 Mar 2014	published	Electronic smoking article charger
CA	CA-155772-S	S	13 Jul 2015	25 Mar 2014	granted	Electronic smoking article charger
CA	CA-163075-S	S	13 Jul 2015	25 Mar 2014	granted	Electronic smoking article charger
CA	CA-163076-S	S	13 Jul 2015	25 Mar 2014	granted	Electronic smoking article charger
UA	UA-30711-S	S	10 Nov 2015	26 Mar 2014	published	Пристрій зарядний для електронних сигаретuk

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