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Level

Granted 9 Apr 2024 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool · originally Techtronic Industries

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Inventors: Michael Wyatt, Bryant Deakins, Joseph William Burge · Examiner: Leanne Was-Englehart · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application

29/777,280

filed 5 Apr 2021

Publication

Not published

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US D1021648

granted 9 Apr 2024

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2 dated events

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view from…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view from above of a level showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a front perspective view from above of another embodiment of a level showing the new design;

FIG. 9 is a right side view of the claimed design of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a left side view of the claimed design of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the claimed design of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the claimed design of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 13 is a front view of the claimed design of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a rear view of the claimed design of FIG. 8 .

The broken lines depict portions of the level that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a level, as shown and described.

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D10/69

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Pendency

3.0 y

1,100 days filing → grant

Office actions

after a restriction

Responses

no RCE

Examiner

Leanne Was-Englehart

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Worldwide family

6 members · 2 offices

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3 of 6

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D836471-S	S1	25 Dec 2018	6 Feb 2017	granted	Level
US	US-D918069-S	S1	4 May 2021	20 Nov 2018	granted	Level
USthis patent	US-D1021648-S	S1	9 Apr 2024	5 Apr 2021	granted	Level

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
TW	TW-D193920-S	S	11 Nov 2018	25 Jul 2017	published	Level
TW	TW-D197434-S	S	11 May 2019	25 Jul 2017	published	Level
TW	TW-D198876-S	S	1 Aug 2019	25 Jul 2017	published	Level

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