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Filter for washing machine

Granted 9 Sep 2025 · 2 office actions

Assignee: LG Electronics

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Inventors: Hoil Jeon, Sojin Park, Jaeil Bae, Bohyun Nam · Examiner: Leah Macchiarolo · AU 2931 · TC 2900

Application
35/520,813
filed 9 May 2023
Publication
Not published
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US D1092886
granted 9 Sep 2025

Life of the patent

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Description

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›1. Filter for washing machine 1 . 1…

1. Filter for washing machine

1 . 1 : Top front perspective

1 . 2 : Bottom back perspective

1 . 3 : Front

1 . 4 : Back

1 . 5 : Left

1 . 6 : Top

1 . 7 : Bottom

1 . 8 : Reference

1 . 9 : Reference

This article, located on the top plate of a washing machine, is used to capture and remove lint and other debris from laundry during the washing process; a right view is omitted because it is a mirror image of the left view; reproduction 1 . 8 shows a state of use of the claimed design; reproduction 1 . 9 shows another state of use being combined with a washing machine; the broken lines shown in reproductions 1 . 1 to 1 . 8 depict portions of the filter for washing machine that form no part of the claimed design; the broken lines shown in reproduction 1 . 9 depict environmental structure that form no part of the claimed design; the shading lines are used to show the surface of the claimed design and do not represent its surface ornamentation.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/25

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Pendency
2.3 y
854 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
1
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Examiner
Leah Macchiarolo
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Worldwide family

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Offices
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Non-English titles
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D1092886-SS19 Sep 20259 May 2023grantedFilter for washing machine
JPJP-1794857-SS1 Apr 20259 May 2023granted洗濯機用フィルターja
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CACA-222125-SS25 Feb 20259 May 2023grantedFilter for washing machine
TWTW-D231519-SS1 Jun 20245 Jun 2023publishedFilter for washing machine

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