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Animated image for a portion of a display screen

Granted 19 Sep 2006 · no office action yet

Assignee: Microsoft Corporation

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Inventors: Jenny T. Lam, Charles W. Stabb, Greg S. Melander · Examiner: M. H. Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/199,783
filed 20 Feb 2004
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US D528554
granted 19 Sep 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of the…

FIG. 1 is a front view of the first image in the sequence for an animated image for a portion of a display screen showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the second image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the third image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the fourth image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the fifth image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the sixth image thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the seventh image thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view of the eighth image thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the ninth image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the tenth image thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front view of the eleventh image thereof;

FIG. 12 is a front view of the twelfth image thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front view of the thirteenth image thereof;

FIG. 14 is a front view of the fourteenth image thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front view of the fifteenth image thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a front view of the sixteenth image thereof.

The appearance of the animated image sequentially transitions between the images shown in FIGS. 1-16. The broken line drawings of a display screen and the boundary of the animated image are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. The process or period in which an image transitions to another forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/486

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