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Smoking article

Granted 23 Mar 2021 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Altria Client Services Llc · originally Altria Group, Inc.

Inventors: Alistair Bramley, Eric Hawes, Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic, George Stafford +1 · Examiner: Janice Hallmark · AU 2925 · TC 2900

Application

29/639,721

filed 8 Mar 2018

Publication

Not published

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Patent· this page

US D914272

granted 23 Mar 2021

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Life of the patent

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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 smoking article showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a right end elevational view thereof.

The broken lines showing portions of the smoking article are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a smoking article, as shown and described.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D27/101

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Pendency

3.0 y

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Responses

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Examiner

Janice Hallmark

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Worldwide family

14 members · 5 offices

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›IP5 & PCT — 5 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D763503-S	S1	9 Aug 2016	31 Oct 2013	granted	Mouthpiece of a smoking article
US	US-D815340-S	S1	10 Apr 2018	28 Apr 2016	granted	Smoking article with mouthpiece
USthis patent	US-D914272-S	S1	23 Mar 2021	8 Mar 2018	granted	Smoking article
US	US-D1017886-S	S1	12 Mar 2024	16 Dec 2019	granted	Smoking article
JP	JP-1526741-S	S	15 Jun 2015	28 Apr 2014	granted	no title held

›Other offices — 9 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-355635-S	S	21 May 2014	30 Apr 2014	published	Smoking article
AU	AU-355636-S	S	21 May 2014	30 Apr 2014	published	Smoking article
AU	AU-355637-S	S	21 May 2014	30 Apr 2014	published	Smoking article
AU	AU-355638-S	S	21 May 2014	30 Apr 2014	published	Smoking article
CA	CA-156388-S	S	6 Sep 2017	29 Apr 2014	granted	Electronic smoking article
CA	CA-161236-S	S	6 Sep 2017	29 Apr 2014	granted	Electronic smoking article
CA	CA-161237-S	S	6 Sep 2017	29 Apr 2014	granted	Electronic smoking article
CA	CA-161238-S	S	6 Sep 2017	29 Apr 2014	granted	Electronic smoking article
UA	UA-32058-S	S	10 May 2016	20 Jul 2015	published	Приладдя курильне з торцевим елементомuk

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