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Water closet

Granted 21 Mar 2017 · no office action yet

Assignee: Kohler Co.

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Inventors: Nicholas W. Paterson, Cecile Thalmann · Examiner: Phillip S Hyder · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/533,013
filed 13 Jul 2015
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US RE46340
granted 21 Mar 2017

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›Notice: More than one reissue application has been…

Notice: More than one reissue application has been filed for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. D621,918; this application is a reissue divisional of application Ser. No. 29/429,793, filed Aug. 16, 2012, which is an application for reissue of U.S. Pat. No. D.621,918, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in there entireties; additionally, two other reissue divisional applications are being filed concurrently herewith for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. D621,918.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, front perspective isometric view of a water closet, embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The broken line representations in the figures are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is a plumbing fixture in the form of a water closet, which is primarily useful for receiving the liquid and solid waste of humans.

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USUS-D621918-SS117 Aug 201021 Sep 2009grantedWater closet
USUS-RE46162-EE127 Sep 201613 Jul 2015grantedWater closet
USUS-RE46176-EE111 Oct 201613 Jul 2015grantedWater closet
USthis patentUS-RE46340-EE121 Mar 201713 Jul 2015grantedWater closet
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CACA-134570-SS12 Oct 201016 Mar 2010grantedToilet
CLCL-2010000241-S1S110 Sep 201019 Mar 2010publishedInodoro formado por porción delantera tronco piramidal invertida de perfil posterior recto vertical con zócalo retranqueado en las caras laterales y frontal, y porción trasera tronco prismática rectangular superior que se prolonga en un sector tronco piramidal invertido de perfiles frontal y posterior recto.es

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