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Outer appliance panel

Granted 17 Jun 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Whirlpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

Inventors: Arunkumar Harikrishnasamy, Manjunathraddi Navalgund, Koteswara Rao Gochika, Vishal S. Marathe · Examiner: Khawaja Anwar · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/923,780

filed 2 Jan 2024

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US D1079765

granted 17 Jun 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a first side perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a first side perspective view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a second side perspective view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a third side perspective view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a first side elevation view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a second side elevation view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a third side elevation view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention; and,

FIG. 9 is a fourth side elevation view of the outer appliance panel of the present invention.

The broken lines in the figures are for contextual purposes or show the environment and form no part of the claimed design.

Support for the subject matter of this application is contained within the Appendix filed as part of the parent application referenced herein.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for an outer appliance panel as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D15/89

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Khawaja Anwar

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