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Shower faceplate

Granted 14 Jun 2016 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Leila Michelle Rubin, Kenneth Scott Hanna, Gregory De Swarte, Eugenio Duarte · Examiner: Robin V Webster · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/492,720
filed 2 Jun 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D759197
granted 14 Jun 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a shower faceplate; and,

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the shower faceplate of FIG. 1 .

The broken line showing of the environment is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/213

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3
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Examiner
Robin V Webster
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9 members · 3 offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D692527-SS129 Oct 201312 Mar 2012grantedShower faceplate
USUS-D707329-SS117 Jun 201421 Oct 2013grantedShower faceplate
USthis patentUS-D759197-SS114 Jun 20162 Jun 2014grantedShower faceplate
USUS-D779038-SS114 Feb 20172 Jun 2016grantedShower faceplate and shower device
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-346046-SS19 Dec 201212 Sep 2012publishedShower faceplate
CACA-147433-SS21 Aug 201311 Sep 2012grantedShowerhead
CACA-151719-SS21 Aug 201311 Sep 2012grantedShowerhead faceplate
CACA-151720-SS21 Aug 201311 Sep 2012grantedShowerhead faceplate
CACA-151743-SS21 Aug 201311 Sep 2012grantedShowerhead

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