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Melter system

Granted 5 Sep 2023 · 2 office actions

Application
29/706,581
filed 20 Sep 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D998008
granted 5 Sep 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front left side…

FIG. 1 is a top front left side perspective view of a melter system;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front end elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear end elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top end plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom end plan view thereof.

The broken lines are for the purpose of showing environmental structure and 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
D15/144.2

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Pendency
4.0 y
1,446 days filing → grant
Office actions
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Responses
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Examiner
Michael C Stout
art unit 2924 · TC 2900
Citations: 14 back · 0 forward

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7 members · 2 offices
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DOCDB simple family 74861192
Offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D998008-SS15 Sep 202320 Sep 2019grantedMelter system
USUS-D1066447-SS111 Mar 20257 Aug 2023grantedMelter system
USUS-D1092584-SS19 Sep 202514 Feb 2025grantedMelter system
USUS-D1104091-SS12 Dec 202514 Feb 2025grantedMelter system
JPJP-1681222-SS15 Mar 202119 Mar 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1693498-SS23 Aug 202119 Mar 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1707744-SS17 Feb 202219 Mar 2020granted溶融機ja

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