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Front bumper for an automobile

Granted 15 May 2012 · no office action yet

Assignee: Toyota Motor

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Inventors: Hirotada Kobayashi, Tomonori Matsumoto · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application

29/388,647

filed 31 Mar 2011

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US D659611

granted 15 May 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front right perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front right perspective view of a first embodiment of a front bumper for an automobile of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a front bumper for an automobile, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D12/169

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Melody N Brown

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D659611-S	S1	15 May 2012	31 Mar 2011	granted	Front bumper for an automobile
US	US-D662447-S	S1	26 Jun 2012	25 Jan 2012	granted	Front bumper for an automobile
US	US-D662712-S	S1	3 Jul 2012	22 Feb 2012	granted	Appliance carrier
US	US-D662866-S	S1	3 Jul 2012	25 Jan 2012	granted	Front bumper for an automobile
US	US-D665711-S	S1	21 Aug 2012	25 Jan 2012	granted	Front bumper for an automobile

›Other offices — 9 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-339898-S	S	12 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front bumper for an automobile
AU	AU-339920-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front bumper for an automobile
AU	AU-339928-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front bumper for an automobile
AU	AU-339932-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front bumper for an automobile
AU	AU-339935-S	S	13 Dec 2011	29 Sep 2011	published	Front bumper for an automobile
BR	BR-DI7104774-S	S	10 Dec 2013	29 Sep 2011	published	Configuração aplicada a um pára-choque dianteiropt
TW	TW-D148842-S	S	21 Aug 2012	26 Sep 2011	published	Front bumper for an automobile
TW	TW-D154822-S	S	21 Jul 2013	26 Sep 2011	published	Front bumper for an automobile
TW	TW-D154823-S	S	21 Jul 2013	26 Sep 2011	published	Front bumper for an automobile

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