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Vehicle front upper grille

Granted 20 Jan 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Llc · originally Ford Motor

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Inventors: Max Wolff, Simon Brook, Xinyu Wang, Liang Chen · Examiner: Darlington Ly · AU 2923 · TC 2900

Application
29/954,161
filed 25 Jul 2024
Publication
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US D1109651
granted 20 Jan 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a vehicle front upper grille, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top, front and left side perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom, front and left side perspective view thereof.

The ghosted or low contrasted portions of the vehicle front upper grille illustrate portions that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/163

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