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Fingerprint reader for authentication device

Granted 23 Sep 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Panasonic

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Inventors: Toshio Horiki, Hideyuki Nakamura, Masaki Shikanai, Satoru Tanahashi · Examiner: Catherine S Posthauer · AU 2933 · TC 2900

Application
29/901,983
filed 7 Sep 2023
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US D1094376
granted 23 Sep 2025

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fingerprint reader for authentication device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings illustrate environment and portions of the fingerprint reader for authentication device that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken lines in the drawings define the boundaries of the claim, and form no part thereof.

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USthis patentUS-D1094376-SS123 Sep 20257 Sep 2023grantedFingerprint reader for authentication device
JPJP-1761682-SS18 Jan 20248 Mar 2023granted認証機ja

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