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Stick portion of a controller for a video game machine

Granted 16 Nov 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. · originally Sony Group Corporation

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Inventors: Teiyu Goto · Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 4 Sep 1998
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US D416588
granted 16 Nov 1999

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a stick portion of a controller for a video game machine showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof; and

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a stick portion of a controller for a video game machine showing my new design; and,

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view thereof. The rest of views of the second embodiment is the same as those of the first embodiment.

Body portions in broken lines are for illustrative purpose only and forms no part of claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/333D14/117.9

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D398032-SS8 Sep 19982 Mar 1997grantedController for video game machine
USthis patentUS-D416588-SS16 Nov 19994 Sep 1998grantedStick portion of a controller for a video game machine
USUS-D417664-SS14 Dec 199922 Oct 1997grantedController for video game machine
USUS-D430222-SS29 Aug 200024 Jun 1999grantedController for video game machine
USUS-D430223-SS29 Aug 200024 Jun 1999grantedController for video game machine
USUS-D431051-SS19 Sep 200024 Jun 1999grantedController for video game machine
USUS-D434769-SS5 Dec 200016 Jul 1998grantedController for video game machine
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-132999-SS24 Feb 199819 Mar 1997publishedController for video game machine

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