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Detection apparatus

Granted 14 Feb 2006 · 2 office actions

Application
29/203,263
filed 13 Apr 2004
Publication
Not published
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Patent· this page
US D515220
granted 14 Feb 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left-front perspective view showing…

FIG. 1 is a left-front perspective view showing the detection apparatus of our new design;.

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right-side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left-side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a left-front perspective view showing our new design associated with a laptop computer.

No bottom plan view is provided since the bottom is unadorned and is not visible during ordinary use. The portions of the drawings in dashed lines form no part of the claimed invention.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/232D10/81

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672 days filing → grant
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Responses
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Examiner
Antoine D. Davis
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