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Weighted lift pin

Granted 21 Oct 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: ASM International

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Inventors: Yingzong Bu, George B. Jackson, Rohan Rajeev Puranik, Todd Dunn +2 · Examiner: Patricia A Palasik · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/817,156
filed 29 Nov 2021
Publication
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US D1099184
granted 21 Oct 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a weighted lift pin, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a back elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

In the drawings, the broken lines in FIGS. 1 - 8 depict portions of the weighted lift pin design that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/138

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Examiner
Patricia A Palasik
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USthis patentUS-D1099184-SS121 Oct 202529 Nov 2021grantedWeighted lift pin
JPJP-1735090-SS20 Jan 202326 May 2022granted重み付きリフトピンja
JPJP-1741867-SS13 Apr 202326 May 2022granted重み付きリフトピンja
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TWTW-D223855-SS21 Feb 202324 May 2022publishedWeighted lift pins
TWTW-D224658-SS1 Apr 202324 May 2022publishedWeighted lift pins
TWTW-D224995-SS21 Apr 202324 May 2022publishedWeighted lift pins
TWTW-D224996-SS21 Apr 202324 May 2022publishedWeighted lift pins

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