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Vehicle front lower grille

Granted 1 Oct 2024 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC · originally Ford Motor

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Inventors: Todd Willing, Sean Tant, Ehab Kaoud, Jiacheng Liu · Examiner: Marissa J. Cash · AU 2936 · TC 2900

Application
29/857,419
filed 21 Oct 2022
Publication
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US D1044613
granted 1 Oct 2024

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a vehicle front lower grille showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top, front and left side perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom, front and left side perspective view thereof.

The de-emphasized and relatively light portions of the figures that are separated from the relatively dark portions of the figures by dash-dot broken lines form no part of the claimed design. The areas within the dash-dot broken lines illustrate portions of the vehicle front lower grille that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/163

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711 days filing → grant
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USthis patentUS-D1044613-SS11 Oct 202421 Oct 2022grantedVehicle front lower grille
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CACA-220228-SS25 Mar 202521 Mar 2023grantedVehicle front lower grille
CACA-238845-SS22 May 202521 Mar 2023grantedVehicle front lower grille
TWTW-D232392-SS21 Jul 20243 Mar 2023published車輛前下護柵zh

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