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Currency acceptor system

Granted 2 Dec 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Crane Payment Innovations Inc. · originally Mars, Incorporated

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Inventors: Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., Alfred F. Bergeron, David C. Deaville, Raymond M. Walker +6 · Examiner: Paula A. Mortimer · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/165,414
filed 8 Aug 2002
Publication
Not published
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US D483057
granted 2 Dec 2003

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Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a currency acceptor system showing our new design, the undisclosed side, rear, and bottom are not part of the claimed design; and,

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of a currency acceptor system of a second embodiment showing our new design, the undisclosed side, rear, and bottom are not part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/3.3D99/28

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Paula A. Mortimer
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USthis patentUS-D483057-SS12 Dec 20038 Aug 2002grantedCurrency acceptor system
USUS-D490101-SS118 May 20049 Sep 2003grantedCurrency acceptor system
USUS-D490839-SS11 Jun 20049 Sep 2003grantedCurrency acceptor system
›Other offices — 3 members
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AUAU-153346-SS20 Oct 20037 Feb 2003publishedCurrency acceptor unit
AUAU-154094-SS19 Dec 200330 Sep 2003publishedCurrency acceptor unit
CACA-102032-SS5 Feb 20047 Feb 2003grantedCurrency acceptor system

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