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Developer unit for an image forming apparatus

Granted 18 Jul 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Takeshi Uemura, Yoshizo Kawamori, Masakazu Taoka · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 293 · TC 2900

Application

106151

filed 11 Jun 1999

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US D428435

granted 18 Jul 2000

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a developer unit for an image forming apparatus;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design of a developer unit for an image forming apparatus, as shown.

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D18/40

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D428435-S	S	18 Jul 2000	11 Jun 1999	granted	Developer unit for an image forming apparatus

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-140190-S	S	28 Mar 2000	14 Jul 1999	published	Developing processor for image forming apparatus

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