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Vehicle tail lamp

Granted 17 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Ehab Kaoud, Jiacheng Liu, Todd Willing, Sean Tant · Examiner: George J Ulsh · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/931,708
filed 8 Mar 2024
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US D1118996
granted 17 Mar 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 tail lamp 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 claimed design is indicated by the emphasized and dark portions in the figures. The de-emphasized and light portions form no part of the claimed design.

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D26/28

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CACA-220230-SS4 Jul 202421 Mar 2023grantedVehicle tail lamp
TWTW-D232233-SS11 Jul 20243 Mar 2023publishedVehicle tail lamp

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