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Communication module

Granted 16 May 2023 · no office action yet

Assignee: Gentex Corporation

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Inventors: Michael Pearson Blundell, Zoltan S. Brutler · Examiner: Jeffrey D Asch · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/740,165
filed 1 Jul 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D986196
granted 16 May 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a communication module showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right-side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left-side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate structure or features that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken lines illustrate boundaries that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/137D14/223

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D891384-SS128 Jul 202018 May 2018grantedCommunication module
USthis patentUS-D986196-SS116 May 20231 Jul 2020grantedCommunication module
JPJP-1638986-SS13 Aug 201915 Nov 2018grantedno title held
›Other offices — 1 members
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CACA-184633-SS6 Feb 202015 Nov 2018grantedHeadset controller

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