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Front bumper for an automobile

Granted 9 Jul 2024 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Subaru Corporation · originally Toyota Motor

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Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Sou Tamiya · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application

29/857,997

filed 27 Oct 2022

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US D1034349

granted 9 Jul 2024

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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 bumper 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

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D12/169

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Melody N Brown

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D1034349-S	S1	9 Jul 2024	27 Oct 2022	granted	Front bumper for an automobile
JP	JP-1725639-S	S	26 Sep 2022	27 Apr 2022	granted	自動車用フロントバンパーja

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