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Carpet cleaning machine

Granted 26 Aug 2014 · 6 office actions

Current assignee: Rug Doctor, LLC · originally RUG DOCTOR, LLC

Inventors: Steven A. Wahl, Timothy J. Wall, Schubert Pereira, Jason E. Hill +1 · Examiner: Ruth McInroy · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application

29/384,377

filed 31 Jan 2011

Publication

Not published

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US D712102

granted 26 Aug 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a carpet cleaning machine showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front and right side perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a front and left side perspective view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design of a carpet cleaning machine, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D32/22

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Pendency

3.6 y

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non-final + final

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Examiner

Ruth McInroy

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D712102-S	S1	26 Aug 2014	31 Jan 2011	granted	Carpet cleaning machine

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-140938-S	S	26 Apr 2012	9 Jun 2011	granted	Carpet cleaning machine

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