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Fruit cutter

Granted 19 Aug 2014 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: SUNTRUST BANK · originally Carrie Cline

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Inventors: Carrie Cline, Cynthia Mockler, Ricardo Perez · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/425,760
filed 27 Jun 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D711198
granted 19 Aug 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view of the fruit cutter showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right elevational view thereof, the left elevational view being an identical mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

The fruit cutter is shown broken in the middle along the length to indicate indeterminate length, with the understanding that the “indeterminate” length portion of the fruit cutter not shown forms no part of the claimed design, patentability is based only on those portions of the article that are shown in solid lines.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/675

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783 days filing → grant
Office actions
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Responses
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Examiner
Ian Simmons
art unit 2916 · TC 2900
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