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Controller for video game machine

Granted 29 Aug 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sony Corporation · originally Sony Group Corporation

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

Application
106851
filed 24 Jun 1999
Publication
Not published
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US D430222
granted 29 Aug 2000

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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 controller for 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; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Right and rear elevational views thereof are not part of claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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D21/333D14/432

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Prabhakar Deshmukh
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D398032-SS8 Sep 19982 Mar 1997grantedController for video game machine
USUS-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
USthis patentUS-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
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-132999-SS24 Feb 199819 Mar 1997publishedController for video game machine

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