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Ink bottle with a cap

Granted 8 Apr 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · originally Olympus Corporation

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Inventors: Fumihiro Ueno, Noriko Yokoyama · Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/153,895
filed 3 Jan 2002
Publication
Not published
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US D472918
granted 8 Apr 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top and left…

FIG. 1 is a front, top and left side perspective view of an ink bottle with a cap, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear, bottom and right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof; the opposite side being a mirror image 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; and,

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 8—8 on FIG. 6.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/56

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Examiner
Cathy Anne MacCormac
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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