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Illuminated control device

Granted 17 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Lutron Technology Company Llc · originally Lutron Technology Company LLC

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Inventors: Jason C. Killo, Gregory Altonen, Chris Dimberg, Daniel L. Twaddell · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/995,346
filed 26 Mar 2025
Publication
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US D1118548
granted 17 Mar 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view showing a…

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first state in a sequence of an illuminated control device showing our design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a second state in a sequence thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a third state in a sequence thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a fourth state in a sequence thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a fifth state in a sequence thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a sixth state in a sequence thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a seventh state in a sequence thereof;

FIG. 12 is a front view showing an eighth state in a sequence thereof; and,

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a ninth state in a sequence thereof.

The gray shaded elements depict illumination.

The dashed broken lines illustrate portions of the control device which form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dot-dash broken lines illustrate boundaries which form no part of the claimed design.

The appearance of the claimed design transitions from the first state to the last state in the sequence. The process or period in which one state transitions to another state forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/169D13/174

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USUS-D986838-SS123 May 202330 Jul 2021grantedIlluminated control device
USUS-D1021824-SS19 Apr 202412 Apr 2023grantedIlluminated control device
USUS-D1069737-SS18 Apr 202514 Feb 2024grantedIlluminated control device
USthis patentUS-D1118548-SS117 Mar 202626 Mar 2025grantedIlluminated control device
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CACA-209974-SS26 Jul 202328 Jan 2022grantedIlluminated control device

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