USPatentGranted
S1

Writing instrument

Granted 15 Mar 2005 · no office action yet

Assignee: Sanford L.P.

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Bret Marschand, Charles E. Bain · Examiner: Martie K. Holtje · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/189,787
filed 10 Sep 2003
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D502963
granted 15 Mar 2005

Life of the patent

6 dated events
⤢ drag to zoom20042006200820102012201420162018202020222024ProsecutionOwnershipTerm & fees
ProsecutionOwnershipTerm & feeshover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a left side perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a left side perspective view taken from the side and below showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view, the right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof; and

FIG. 6 is a plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view taken from the side and below showing the cap removed from one end of the writing instrument.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

3 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D19/36D19/56D19/43

Claim changes

Soon
Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

⤢ drag to zoomOct 2003Jan 2004Apr 2004Jul 2004Oct 2004Jan 2005Apr 2005USPTOApplicantNotice of allowance
USPTOApplicanthover for detail · click to open
Pendency
1.5 y
552 days filing → grant
Office actions
0
none on record
Examiner
Martie K. Holtje
art unit 2913 · TC 2900
Citations: 34 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Log in to unlock

Chain of title

⤢ drag to zoom20042006200820102012201420162018202020222024Owner 1liens, releases & corrections
Titlehover for detail · click to open

See the full assignment history — every owner this patent has passed through, with recordation dates and reel/frame numbers.

Log in to unlock

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Log in to unlock

Worldwide family

2 members · 2 offices
US1TW1
this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open
Members
2
DOCDB simple family 34271893
Offices
2
US
Granted
1 of 2
grant date present
›IP5 & PCT — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D502963-SS115 Mar 200510 Sep 2003grantedWriting instrument
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
TWTW-D106305-S1S11 Sep 20054 Mar 2004publishedPen

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Log in to unlock

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.

Log in to unlock