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Plumbing fitting

Granted 23 May 2017 · no office action yet

Current assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank · originally Zurn Industries

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Inventors: Jason Tilk, John Kevin Schoolcraft, Paul Stephens, Alex Velet +4 · Examiner: Robert Delehanty · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/583,678
filed 8 Nov 2016
Publication
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US D787643
granted 23 May 2017

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a top, left, front perspective view of a plumbing fitting showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the left side shown;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The nature of this product is a plumbing fitting, such as a spout for a sensor activated faucet.

The broken line representations in the figures show unclaimed environment, and thus form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/255

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art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D744617-SS11 Dec 201530 Oct 2013grantedPlumbing fitting
USUS-D774171-SS113 Dec 201625 Nov 2015grantedPlumbing fitting
USthis patentUS-D787643-SS123 May 20178 Nov 2016grantedPlumbing fitting
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-355431-SS14 May 201414 Apr 2014publishedPlumbing fitting
AUAU-355432-SS14 May 201414 Apr 2014publishedPlumbing fitting
AUAU-355434-SS14 May 201414 Apr 2014publishedPlumbing fitting
CACA-156158-SS26 May 201515 Apr 2014grantedFaucet spout
CACA-160889-SS26 May 201515 Apr 2014grantedFaucet spout
CACA-160890-SS26 May 201515 Apr 2014grantedFaucet spout

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