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Grip with an oval base

Granted 21 Oct 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Popsockets Llc · originally PopSockets

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Inventors: Yinju Chen, Nicholas Von Bargen, Randy Yang Chiang, Lawrence Herman Fong +1 · Examiner: Janice Hallmark · AU 2925 · TC 2900

Application
29/795,640
filed 18 Jun 2021
Publication
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US D1099090
granted 21 Oct 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the grip with an oval base with a grip member in an extended position;

FIG. 2 is a back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is another front perspective view thereof with the grip member collapsed.

Broken lines illustrate portions of the grip with an oval base that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/253

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Examiner
Janice Hallmark
art unit 2925 · TC 2900
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USthis patentUS-D1099090-SS121 Oct 202518 Jun 2021grantedGrip with an oval base
JPJP-1736792-SS14 Feb 202313 Dec 2021grantedスマートフォン用支持具ja
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CACA-214995-SS27 Jun 202313 Dec 2021grantedHolding device for smartphone

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