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Ink bottle

Granted 6 Jan 2026 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Hirohide Nawata, Naoya Okazaki, Satoru Oki, Fumiya Nakamura +3 · Examiner: Holly E Thurman · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/922,002
filed 20 Dec 2023
Publication
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US D1108537
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 ink bottle;

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.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/43

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