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Filter element having a pattern

Granted 2 Jun 2020 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company · originally 3M Company

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Inventors: John S. Huberty, Michael J. Svendsen, Michael J. Thuente · Examiner: Sandra S Snapp · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/607,684
filed 15 Jun 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D886273
granted 2 Jun 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the new design for a filter element having a pattern;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged portion of FIG. 1 , which is representative of the remainder of the pattern illustrated in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged portion of FIG. 3 , which is representative of the remainder of the pattern illustrated in FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof, the bottom being a mirror image thereof.

The evenly spaced broken lines shown in the drawings depict portions of the filter element having a pattern and form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dot-dash broken lines represent boundaries of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/365

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Sandra S Snapp
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D792959-SS125 Jul 201727 Feb 2015grantedFilter element having a pattern
USthis patentUS-D886273-SS12 Jun 202015 Jun 2017grantedFilter element having a pattern
JPJP-1543276-SS8 Feb 201627 Aug 2015grantedno title held
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-364127-SS14 Sep 201526 Aug 2015publishedFilter element

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