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File folder

Granted 20 May 2014 · no office action yet

Current assignee: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB · originally IdeaStream Consumer Products, LLC

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Inventors: Curtis Patrick Taylor, Anthony J. DeCarlo, Chanseol Chung · Examiner: Elizabeth Albert · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/464,580

filed 19 Aug 2013

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Not published

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US D705351

granted 20 May 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a file folder showing our new design, wherein the folder is shown in the open position;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the file folder of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view of the file folder of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the file folder of FIG. 1 , wherein the folder is shown in the closed position;

FIG. 8 is another top plan view of the file folder of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view of the file folder of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is an isometric view of the file folder of FIG. 1 , wherein the folder is shown in the partially closed position;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of the file folder shown in the open position;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the file folder of FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 13 is a front elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 14 is a rear elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 15 is a left side elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 16 is a right side elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 17 is a top plan view of the file folder of FIG. 11 , wherein the folder is shown in the closed position;

FIG. 18 is another top plan view of the file folder of FIG. 17 ;

FIG. 19 is a bottom plan view of the file folder of FIG. 18 ;

FIG. 20 is an isometric view of the file folder of FIG. 11 , wherein the folder is shown in the partially closed position;

FIG. 21 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of the file folder shown in the open position;

FIG. 22 is a bottom plan view of the file folder of FIG. 21 ;

FIG. 23 is a front elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 21 ;

FIG. 24 is a rear elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 21 ;

FIG. 25 is a left side elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 21 ;

FIG. 26 is a right side elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 21 ;

FIG. 27 is a top plan view of the file folder of FIG. 21 , wherein the folder is shown in the closed position;

FIG. 28 is another top plan view of the file folder of FIG. 27 ;

FIG. 29 is a bottom plan view of the file folder of FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 30 is an isometric view of the file folder of FIG. 21 , wherein the folder is shown in the partially closed position;

FIG. 31 is a top plan view of a fourth embodiment of the file folder shown in the open position;

FIG. 32 is a bottom plan view of the file folder of FIG. 31 ;

FIG. 33 is a front elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 31 ;

FIG. 34 is a rear elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 31 ;

FIG. 35 is a left side elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 31 ;

FIG. 36 is a right side elevational view of the file folder of FIG. 31 ;

FIG. 37 is a top plan view of the file folder of FIG. 31 , wherein the folder is shown in the closed position;

FIG. 38 is another top plan view of the file folder of FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 39 is a bottom plan view of the file folder of FIG. 38 ; and,

FIG. 40 is an isometric view of the file folder of FIG. 31 , wherein the folder is shown in the partially closed position.

The features on the file folder and another folder inside it in broken lines are included to show features on the file folder and an article in the environment that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a file folder, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D19/26

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Examiner

Elizabeth Albert

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D622320-S	S1	24 Aug 2010	21 Dec 2007	granted	File folder
US	US-D688302-S	S1	20 Aug 2013	14 Mar 2012	granted	File folder
USthis patent	US-D705351-S	S1	20 May 2014	19 Aug 2013	granted	File folder
US	US-D759161-S	S1	14 Jun 2016	19 May 2014	granted	File folder
US	US-D837295-S	S1	1 Jan 2019	13 May 2016	granted	File folder
US	US-D865058-S	S1	29 Oct 2019	11 Oct 2017	granted	File folder
US	US-D948614-S	S1	12 Apr 2022	28 Oct 2019	granted	File folder

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-2901099-A1	A1	28 Aug 2008	21 Feb 2008	published	File folder
CA	CA-2901099-C	C	11 Sep 2018	21 Feb 2008	granted	File folder

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