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Filtered water carafe

Granted 17 Jul 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · originally Kimberly Clark Worldwide

Inventors: Kevin Peter McGrath, Paul Metaxatos, Bruce Scott Williamson, Dave Mathieu +2 · Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

107207

filed 29 Jun 1999

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US D444987

granted 17 Jul 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a side view of the…

FIG. 1 is a side view of the filtered water carafe.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the filtered water carafe.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the filtered water carafe.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the filtered water carafe; and,

FIG. 5 is a top view of the filtered water carafe.

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›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a filtered water carafe, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D07/319D73/17

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D444987-S	S1	17 Jul 2001	29 Jun 1999	granted	Filtered water carafe

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-144727-S	S	7 Aug 2001	23 Dec 1999	published	Filtered water carafe
HU	HU-9900338-V0	V0	28 Mar 2000	29 Dec 1999	published	Karafe for water filter
UA	UA-3745-S	S	16 Oct 2000	29 Dec 1999	published	Глечик для відфільтрованої водиuk

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