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Printer

Granted 24 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Hiromitsu Tanaka, Yukihiko Sato, Hirohide Nawata, Daiki Okamoto · Examiner: Lauren D McVey · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/960,935
filed 3 Sep 2024
Publication
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US D1120101
granted 24 Mar 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, right-side, top perspective…

FIG. 1 is a front, right-side, top perspective view of a printer, showing the new design;

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;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 8 - 8 in FIG. 2 and between arrows B-B and C-C in FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlargement of area 9 show in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof in an alternative configuration.

The evenly spaced broken lines depict portions of the printer that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines indicate a boundary of the claim and form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dot-dash broken lines indicate an enlargement area and cross-section lines and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/50

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JPJP-1775140-SS10 Jul 20241 Mar 2024grantedno title held

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