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Vehicle rear bumper cover

Granted 26 Oct 2021 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC · originally Ford Motor

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Inventors: David Dewitt, Max Wolff, Pedro Guarinon, Todd Willing · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/765,875
filed 12 Jan 2021
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US D934135
granted 26 Oct 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a vehicle rear bumper cover, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof.

The portions of the vehicle shown throughout the drawing views and deemphasized in half-tone portions outside the broken lines and the broken lines representing the boundary and configuration of what is claimed as the design are for environmental and illustrative purposes that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/169

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D869357-SS110 Dec 201926 Jan 2018grantedVehicle rear bumper cover
USUS-D907543-SS112 Jan 202110 Dec 2019grantedVehicle rear bumper cover
USthis patentUS-D934135-SS126 Oct 202112 Jan 2021grantedVehicle rear bumper cover
USUS-D934762-SS12 Nov 202112 Jan 2021grantedVehicle rear bumper cover
›Other offices — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201814369-SS8 Aug 201823 Jul 2018publishedVehicle bumper
AUAU-201814377-SS8 Aug 201823 Jul 2018publishedVehicle bumper
AUAU-201814378-SS9 Aug 201823 Jul 2018publishedVehicle bumper
TWTW-D201021-SS21 Nov 201920 Jul 2018publishedVehicle rear bumper cover
TWTW-D201769-SS1 Jan 202020 Jul 2018published車輛後保險桿蓋(三)zh
TWTW-D201770-SS1 Jan 202020 Jul 2018published車輛後保險桿蓋(二)zh
ZAZA-A201801126-SS26 Jun 201926 Jul 2018publishedRear bumper cover

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