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Control device having illumination applied thereto

Granted 24 Jan 2023 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Lutron Technology Company Llc · originally Lutron Technology Company LLC

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Inventors: Matthew Knauss, Shan Shi · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/812,066
filed 19 Oct 2021
Publication
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US D976223
granted 24 Jan 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view showing a…

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first state in a sequence of a control device having illumination applied thereto showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a second state thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a third state thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a fourth state thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof, the right side view being a mirror image thereto; and,

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof, the bottom view being a mirror image thereto.

The drawings include shadows and reflections which indicate contour, not surface ornamentation.

The control device having illumination applied thereto sequentially transitions from the first state to th.e last state in the sequence. The period with which one state transitions to another state forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/174

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Examiner
Selina Sikder
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USUS-D935422-SS19 Nov 20211 May 2019grantedControl device having illumination applied thereto
USthis patentUS-D976223-SS124 Jan 202319 Oct 2021grantedControl device having illumination applied thereto
USUS-D1003259-SS131 Oct 20231 Dec 2022grantedControl device having illumination applied thereto
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CACA-190915-SS10 Jan 202230 Oct 2019grantedControl device with illumination

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