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Printer

Granted 6 Jan 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd. · originally Brother Industries Limited

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Inventors: Yukihiko Sato, Hiroaki Shigeno, Yoshihiro Okamoto, Hiromitsu Tanaka +1 · Examiner: Holly E Thurman · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/918,891
filed 30 Nov 2023
Publication
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US D1108536
granted 6 Jan 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the printer;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left-side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right-side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The evenly spaced broken lines depict parts of the printer that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines depict the bounds of the claimed design that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/50

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