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Toothbrush

Granted 30 Jun 2015 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company · originally Colgate-Palmolive

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Inventors: Douglas J. Hohlbein, Al Sprosta, Alan Sorrentino · Examiner: Melanie H Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/481,114
filed 31 Jan 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D732831
granted 30 Jun 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toothbrush according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left-side view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right-side view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is an angled front view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a top view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the toothbrush of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the head of the toothbrush of FIG. 6 .

The dash-dot dash broken line represents the bounds of the claim while the broken lines showing the bristles and the central round structure on the head illustrate portions of the toothbrush that along with the broken line boundary form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D04/108

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Pendency
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Examiner
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D660599-SS129 May 20125 Feb 2009grantedToothbrush
USUS-D700437-SS14 Mar 201424 Apr 2012grantedToothbrush
USthis patentUS-D732831-SS130 Jun 201531 Jan 2014grantedToothbrush
USUS-D782825-SS14 Apr 20173 Jun 2015grantedToothbrush
›Other offices — 17 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-327385-SS28 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
AUAU-327386-SS28 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
AUAU-327387-SS28 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
AUAU-327388-SS28 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
AUAU-327389-SS28 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
AUAU-327402-SS31 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
AUAU-327403-SS31 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
AUAU-327404-SS31 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
AUAU-327405-SS31 Aug 20095 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
CACA-131675-SS5 May 20104 Aug 2009grantedToothbrush
CACA-134918-SS5 May 20104 Aug 2009grantedToothbrush
CACA-134919-SS5 May 20104 Aug 2009grantedToothbrush
CACA-134920-SS5 May 20104 Aug 2009grantedToothbrush
TWTW-D135885-S1S121 Jul 20104 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
TWTW-D138413-SS1 Jan 20114 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
TWTW-D138414-SS1 Jan 20114 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush
TWTW-D138415-SS1 Jan 20114 Aug 2009publishedToothbrush

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