USPatentGranted
S1

Plumbing fitting

Granted 27 Jan 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Niels J. Eilmus · Examiner: Robert A Delehanty · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/295,488
filed 28 Sep 2007
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D585529
granted 27 Jan 2009

Life of the patent

6 dated events
⤢ drag to zoom20082010201220142016201820202022202420262028ProsecutionOwnershipTerm & fees
ProsecutionOwnershipTerm & feeshover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts
›In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this…

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is a plumbing fitting in the form of a faucet, and/or body and handles therefore, used to wash various items.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, front perspective view of a plumbing fitting according to my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line representations in the figures are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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

1 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/255

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 2007Jan 2008Apr 2008Jul 2008Oct 2008Jan 2009USPTOApplicantRestriction requirementNotice of allowance
USPTOApplicanthover for detail · click to open
Pendency
1.3 y
487 days filing → grant
Office actions
0
after a restriction
Examiner
Robert A Delehanty
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
Citations: 7 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 zoom20082010201220142016201820202022202420262028Owner 1
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

6 members · 3 offices
US2CA2CL2
this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open
Members
6
DOCDB simple family 40261713
Offices
3
US
Granted
4 of 6
grant date present
Non-English titles
2
shown as filed, never translated
›IP5 & PCT — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D585529-SS127 Jan 200928 Sep 2007grantedPlumbing fitting
USUS-D592283-SS112 May 200912 Nov 2008grantedPlumbing fitting
›Other offices — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-125378-SS23 Jan 200927 Mar 2008grantedFaucet
CACA-128431-SS23 Jan 200927 Mar 2008grantedFaucet handle
CLCL-2008000920-S1S18 Aug 200828 Mar 2008publishedGrifo.es
CLCL-2009001612-S1S115 Jan 201017 Jul 2009publishedMango de un grifo que se constituye por un prisma recto de base rectangular, cuyos extremos presentan cada uno, una prolongacion dirigida hacia la elavacion posterior, de las cuales, la correspondiente al extremo lateral derecho presenta una prolongacion en angulo recto de extremo y vertice redondeado.es

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