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Ink replenish container

Granted 6 Jun 2023 · 2 office actions

Inventors: Noriyuki Fukasawa, Taku Ishizawa, Ryoichi Tanaka, Tadahiro Mizutani +1 · Examiner: Lauren D McVey · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application

29/744,727

filed 31 Jul 2020

Publication

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US D988398

granted 6 Jun 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of an…

FIG. 1 is a front view of an ink replenish container showing our new design, the rear view being a mirror image of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 2 is a front, top and right side exploded perspective view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the ink replenish container that 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 an ink replenish container, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D18/43

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Examiner

Lauren D McVey

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US · CN

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-2017355194-A1	A1	14 Dec 2017	8 Jun 2017	published	Ink replenish container
US	US-10471723-B2	B2	12 Nov 2019	8 Jun 2017	granted	Ink replenish container
US	US-2020070523-A1	A1	5 Mar 2020	6 Nov 2019	published	Ink replenish container
US	US-11117379-B2	B2	14 Sep 2021	6 Nov 2019	granted	Ink replenish container
USthis patent	US-D988398-S	S1	6 Jun 2023	31 Jul 2020	granted	Ink replenish container
CN	CN-107487084-A	A	19 Dec 2017	6 Jun 2017	published	Ink replenishing container
CN	CN-107487084-B	B	14 Aug 2020	6 Jun 2017	granted	墨水补充容器zh
CN	CN-111845094-A	A	30 Oct 2020	6 Jun 2017	published	Ink replenishing container
CN	CN-111845094-B	B	11 Jan 2022	6 Jun 2017	granted	墨水补充容器zh

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