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Front grille for an automobile

Granted 6 Sep 2022 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Subaru Corporation · originally Toyota Motor

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Inventors: Kohei Kobayashi, Shinya Murase, Shigeru Tanaka · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application

29/774,125

filed 15 Mar 2021

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US D962834

granted 6 Sep 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view for…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view for a “front grille for an automobile” showing our new design,

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof,

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof,

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof,

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof,

FIG. 7 is a left-side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a right-side view thereof.

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Claims

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›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a front grille for an automobile, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D12/163

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Melody N Brown

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US · JP

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D962834-S	S1	6 Sep 2022	15 Mar 2021	granted	Front grille for an automobile
JP	JP-1683752-S	S	19 Jul 2021	30 Sep 2020	granted	no title held

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