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Ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI)

Granted 13 Oct 2009 · 6 office actions

Current assignee: DeHeng Chen · originally Zhejiang Dongzheng Electrical Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Huaiyin Song · Examiner: Jennifer Rivard · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/259,367
filed 8 May 2006
Publication
Not published
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US D601962
granted 13 Oct 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) of my new design, the opposite view being the rear view;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof, the opposite view being the right side view;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof, the opposite view being the bottom view; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate the environment elements of the ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/139.6

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Pendency
3.4 y
1,254 days filing → grant
Office actions
3
non-final + final
Responses
3
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Examiner
Jennifer Rivard
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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