Front portion of an automobile

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the front portion of an automobile of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof.

The bottom view of the front portion of the automobile forms no part of the claimed design. The lighter contrast portion of the automobile in the photographs is shown to illustrate environment and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a front portion of an automobile, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Yagi; Masaaki (Toyota, JP), Matsumoto; Tomonori (Newport Beach, CA), Shen; Alexander Wen (Newport Beach, CA), Hirai; Kenichi (Toyota, JP), Mino; Tokuharu (Toyota, JP)
Assignee:	Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota-shi, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/343,380
Filed:	September 11, 2009

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Current U.S. Class:	D12/164; D12/196
Current International Class:	1216
Field of Search:	;D12/164,196,90-92,86 ;D21/424,433,434 ;296/181.1,181.5

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

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D479491	September 2003	Kato et al.
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D592555	May 2009	Kanno et al.
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Other References

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Primary Examiner: Brown; Melody N
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP