USPatentGranted

Socket

Granted 30 Aug 2022 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Schneider Electric USA

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Inventors: Jiayu Fu, Fuhua Shan, Pei Shang · Examiner: Mary Shannon Malley · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application

29/703,917

filed 30 Aug 2019

Publication

Not published

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US D962172

granted 30 Aug 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 2 is a back view of the first embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the first embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the first embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 5 is a left view of the first embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 6 is a right view of the first embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of the first embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 8 is a back perspective view of the first embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 9 is a front view of a second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 10 is a back view of the second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 13 is a left view of the second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 14 is a right view of the second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 15 is a front perspective view of the second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 16 is a back perspective view of the second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 17 is a front view of a third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 18 is a back view of the third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 19 is a top view of the third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 20 is a bottom view of the third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 21 is a left view of the third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 22 is a right view of the third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 23 is a front perspective view of the third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 24 is a back perspective view of the third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 25 is a front view of a fourth embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 26 is a back view of the fourth embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 27 is a top view of the fourth embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 28 is a bottom view of the fourth embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 29 is a left view of the fourth embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 30 is a right view of the fourth embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 31 is a front perspective view of the fourth embodiment of the socket; and,

FIG. 32 is a back perspective view of the fourth embodiment of the socket.

The broken lines in the drawings are for the purposes of illustrating portions of the socket that form no part of the claimed design.

The masked areas adjacent to the broken lines in FIGS. 2, 8, 10, 16, 18, 24, 26 and 32 form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot broken lines define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

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

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D13/139.1

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Pendency

3.0 y

1,096 days filing → grant

Office actions

non-final + final

Responses

no RCE

Examiner

Mary Shannon Malley

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8 members · 2 offices

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›IP5 & PCT — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D962172-S	S1	30 Aug 2022	30 Aug 2019	granted	Socket
US	US-D971848-S	S1	6 Dec 2022	1 Sep 2021	granted	Socket
US	US-D981962-S	S1	28 Mar 2023	1 Sep 2021	granted	Socket
US	US-D982525-S	S1	4 Apr 2023	1 Sep 2021	granted	Socket

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-193389-S	S	4 Mar 2022	26 Feb 2020	granted	Socket
CA	CA-208730-S	S	4 Mar 2022	26 Feb 2020	granted	Socket
CA	CA-208731-S	S	4 Mar 2022	26 Feb 2020	granted	Socket
CA	CA-208743-S	S	4 Mar 2022	26 Feb 2020	granted	Socket

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