USPatentGranted

Tampon

Granted 7 Nov 2023 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · originally Kimberly Clark Worldwide

Inventors: Steven Craig Gehling, Bliss Elizabeth Cohen, David Kevin Oldroyd · Examiner: Calvin E Vansant · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application

29/651,248

filed 2 Oct 2018

Publication

Not published

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US D1004080

granted 7 Nov 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a tampon;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the tampon of FIG. 1 , wherein the back view is identical to FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the tampon of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the tampon of FIG. 1 .

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

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

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/141

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Pendency

5.1 y

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Examiner

Calvin E Vansant

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Worldwide family

7 members · 2 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D834189-S	S1	20 Nov 2018	29 Jul 2016	granted	Tampon
USthis patent	US-D1004080-S	S1	7 Nov 2023	2 Oct 2018	granted	Tampon

›Other offices — 5 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-201710391-S	S	13 Feb 2017	23 Jan 2017	published	Tampon
AU	AU-201710392-S	S	13 Feb 2017	23 Jan 2017	published	Tampon
AU	AU-201710393-S	S	13 Feb 2017	23 Jan 2017	published	Tampon
AU	AU-201710394-S	S	13 Feb 2017	23 Jan 2017	published	Tampon
AU	AU-201710395-S	S	13 Feb 2017	23 Jan 2017	published	Tampon

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