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Writing utensil tray

Granted 9 Jan 2007 · 4 office actions

Assignee: 3M Company

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Inventors: Mauro Porcini, Roberto Cini, Carsten Astheimer, Craig Thompson +1 · Examiner: Elizabeth A. Albert · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/220,458
filed 28 Dec 2004
Publication
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US D534961
granted 9 Jan 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a writing utensil tray showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view thereof, the right side elevation view being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a back elevation view thereof.

The broken lines showing environment in the drawings are for information purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D19/85

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Elizabeth A. Albert
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TWTW-D112862-S1S111 Sep 200627 Jun 2005publishedWriting utensil tray

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