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Front bumper for an automobile

Granted 21 Oct 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Atsushi Sasaki, Norihito Ohnuma, Tomoyuki Tanbo · Examiner: George D. Kirschbaum · AU 2937 · TC 2900

Application
29/935,383
filed 1 Apr 2024
Publication
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US D1098978
granted 21 Oct 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a front bumper for an automobile, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof.

De-emphasized potions using lightened halftone shading and encapsulated with broken lines shown in the drawings depict portions of the front bumper for an automobile that form no part of the claimed design. The grayscale shading of the drawings depict the shape of the three-dimensional surface and does not represent any particular colors.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/169

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JPJP-1770533-SS16 May 20242 Oct 2023grantedno title held

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