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Gaming machine

Granted 6 May 2014 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank · originally Light & Wonder

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Inventors: Christopher W. Chudek · Examiner: Sandra Morris · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/433,170
filed 26 Sep 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D704273
granted 6 May 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a…

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a right view of the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a top view of the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a button area shown in FIG. 1 .

The broken lines are only for illustrative purposes to show visible environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

The boundary lines shown in dot-dash form do not exist in reality in the gaming machine embodying the design and are only for illustrative purposes to show bounds of the claimed design. It is understood that the claimed design extends to the boundary but does not include the boundary.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/369D21/385

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587 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Sandra Morris
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