Cluster box mail delivery unit

Mikolajczyk , et al. December 15, 2

Patent Grant D745765

U.S. patent number D745,765 [Application Number D/492,725] was granted by the patent office on 2015-12-15 for cluster box mail delivery unit. This patent grant is currently assigned to United States Postal Service. The grantee listed for this patent is The United States Postal Service. Invention is credited to Taurris D. Baskerville, Ryszard K. Mikolajczyk.

United States Patent D745,765
Mikolajczyk ,   et al. December 15, 2015
Cluster box mail delivery unit
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a cluster box mail delivery unit, as shown and described.
Inventors: Mikolajczyk; Ryszard K. (Chicago, IL), Baskerville; Taurris D. (Schaumburg, IL)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

The United States Postal Service
Washington
DC
US
Assignee: United States Postal Service (Washington, DC)
Appl. No.: D/492,725
Filed: June 2, 2014
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
14170398 Jan 31, 2014 8973812
11168471 Mar 4, 2014 8661862
Current U.S. Class: D99/32
Current International Class: 9900
Field of Search: ;D99/28,29,30,31,32,33,99 ;312/35 ;232/1R,1A,1C,1D,1E,2,4R,17,19,20,21,22,24,27,30,31,37,38,39,44,45
References Cited [Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
693770 February 1902 Wright et al.
694219 February 1902 Vestal
843200 February 1907 Fessler
894754 July 1908 Snaman
1060018 April 1913 Pape
1222964 April 1917 Matchette
1350770 August 1920 Bates et al.
1459031 June 1923 Murphy
1508801 September 1924 Millier
1604629 October 1926 Beer
1629620 May 1927 Harmony
1632762 June 1927 Hammer
1642533 September 1927 Beer
1683217 September 1928 Ward, Jr.
1683218 September 1928 Ward, Jr.
1695524 December 1928 Blackman
1709363 April 1929 Murphy
1719541 July 1929 Gaffner et al.
1735379 November 1929 Content
1817191 August 1931 Harmony
1823514 September 1931 Shrauger
1874696 August 1932 Cole
1932468 October 1933 Knell
1957271 May 1934 Keil
2097504 November 1937 Wells
2370682 March 1945 Overmyer
2444679 July 1948 Shaukis
2448225 August 1948 Malloy
2480288 August 1949 Donadio
2518141 August 1950 Hiler
2563094 August 1951 Becker
D180171 April 1957 Band
2803512 August 1957 Band
2841327 July 1958 Chasworth
2852926 September 1958 Chervenka
2960265 November 1960 Simon
3296842 January 1967 Auerbach et al.
D210257 February 1968 Favaro
D210332 February 1968 Favaro
3696463 October 1972 Watson
3709189 January 1973 Widham
3772236 November 1973 Zelenko
3784089 January 1974 Koch
3790244 February 1974 Stackhouse
D248138 June 1978 Stackhouse et al.
4135662 January 1979 Dlugos
4161274 July 1979 Bishop et al.
4309569 January 1982 Merckle
4500122 February 1985 Douglas
4557416 December 1985 Stahl et al.
4574352 March 1986 Coppola et al.
4650113 March 1987 Hunt
D293863 January 1988 Chester
4725718 February 1988 Sansone et al.
4727368 February 1988 Larson et al.
4778201 October 1988 Kouno et al.
4865248 September 1989 Barth
4883223 November 1989 Taniguchi
4905891 March 1990 Wildish et al.
4913342 April 1990 Fluck
5000378 March 1991 Dorr et al.
5043908 August 1991 Manduley et al.
5056711 October 1991 Bush
5103659 April 1992 Benefield, Sr.
D326757 June 1992 Ullman
5136646 August 1992 Haber et al.
5136647 August 1992 Haber et al.
D332166 December 1992 Williams
D335377 May 1993 Speciale
5223829 June 1993 Watabe
5373561 December 1994 Haber et al.
5400960 March 1995 Jeffs
5404231 April 1995 Bloomfield
D366576 January 1996 Stacy
5542720 August 1996 Fleming
5562332 October 1996 Stacy
5573178 November 1996 Worden
5588588 December 1996 Byrd
5638446 June 1997 Rubin
5701770 December 1997 Cook et al.
5710887 January 1998 Chelliah et al.
5774053 June 1998 Porter
5781629 July 1998 Haber et al.
5794844 August 1998 Jenkins
5820018 October 1998 Stacy
5820019 October 1998 Spitale
5857188 January 1999 Douglas
5870549 February 1999 Bobo
5878233 March 1999 Schloss
5917411 June 1999 Baggarly
5917925 June 1999 Moore
5943656 August 1999 Crooks et al.
5971587 October 1999 Kato et al.
5979750 November 1999 Kindell
6003761 December 1999 Chapman
6006200 December 1999 Boies et al.
D419747 January 2000 Noblet et al.
6028517 February 2000 Sansone et al.
6035402 March 2000 Vaeth et al.
6047264 April 2000 Fisher et al.
6064995 May 2000 Sansone et al.
D426236 June 2000 Kim et al.
6070793 June 2000 Reichl et al.
6085170 July 2000 Tsukuda
6138910 October 2000 Madruga
6152369 November 2000 Wilz
D436963 January 2001 Kim et al.
6219669 April 2001 Haff et al.
6233565 May 2001 Lewis et al.
6243620 June 2001 Robinson et al.
6246925 June 2001 Robinson et al.
6247641 June 2001 Noblet et al.
6259964 July 2001 Robinson et al.
6285991 September 2001 Powar
6289323 September 2001 Gordon et al.
6296181 October 2001 Noblet et al.
6300873 October 2001 Kucharczyk et al.
6323782 November 2001 Stephens et al.
6347737 February 2002 Madruga
6394565 May 2002 Greenhalgh
6439825 August 2002 Bonsall
6442571 August 2002 Haff et al.
D471691 March 2003 Ducolon
6629634 October 2003 Simmons
6644542 November 2003 Cox et al.
6681604 January 2004 Samsel
6749109 June 2004 Hill
6817637 November 2004 Anderson
6923367 August 2005 Grossman et al.
6933832 August 2005 Simms et al.
6967575 November 2005 Dohrmann et al.
D536155 January 2007 Mikolajczyk et al.
7158941 January 2007 Thompson
7178716 February 2007 Yong
D543335 May 2007 Mikolajczyk et al.
D547025 July 2007 Mikolajczyk et al.
D549424 August 2007 Mikolajczyk et al.
7318632 January 2008 Bidinger et al.
7748606 July 2010 Mikolajczyk et al.
7857199 December 2010 Mikolajczyk et al.
7963436 June 2011 Mikolajczyk et al.
8167195 May 2012 Mikolajczyk et al.
8661862 March 2014 Mikolajczyk et al.
8973812 March 2015 Mikolajczyk et al.
2001/0032181 October 2001 Jakstadt et al.
2001/0035703 November 2001 Scholefield
2002/0032572 March 2002 Ikemori et al.
2002/0035515 March 2002 Moreno
2002/0046173 April 2002 Kelly
2002/0049672 April 2002 Kitchen et al.
2002/0056296 May 2002 Weinerman et al.
2002/0063148 May 2002 Cox et al.
2002/0103653 August 2002 Huxter
2002/0147919 October 2002 Gentry
2002/0156645 October 2002 Hansen
2002/0162883 November 2002 Arvonio et al.
2003/0006275 January 2003 Gray
2003/0077409 April 2003 Schnell
2003/0079129 April 2003 Lindsay
2003/0136823 July 2003 Felice et al.
2003/0154891 August 2003 Fassbender et al.
2003/0205614 November 2003 Klima et al.
2003/0213837 November 2003 Morgan
2004/0122780 June 2004 Devar
2006/0101874 May 2006 Mikolajczyk et al.
2006/0151588 July 2006 Mikolajczyk et al.
2008/0223091 September 2008 Kroening et al.
2009/0145956 June 2009 Mikolajczyk et al.
2009/0179735 July 2009 Van Rysselberghe
2010/0206945 August 2010 Mikolajczyk et al.
2014/0144975 May 2014 Mikolajczyk et al.
Foreign Patent Documents
0 516 898 Dec 1992 EP
WO 97/12460 Apr 1997 WO
WO 00/13368 Mar 2000 WO
WO 01/00069 Jan 2001 WO
WO 01/18718 Mar 2001 WO
WO 01/65444 Sep 2001 WO
WO 01/99005 Dec 2001 WO
WO 01/99009 Dec 2001 WO
WO 01/99037 Dec 2001 WO
WO 02/08961 Jan 2002 WO
WO 02/21315 Mar 2002 WO
WO 02/066344 Aug 2002 WO
WO 02/079947 Oct 2002 WO
WO 03/023677 Mar 2003 WO
WO 03/097503 Nov 2003 WO
WO 2006004712 Jan 2006 WO
WO 2006004713 Jan 2006 WO

Other References

Appendix K--USPS Burke Test Site Report, "User Interface Review of Mail Item Retrieval System," Burke Station, Burke Virginia, Dec. 24, 1998. cited by applicant .
Appendix L, In-plant Test Report, "Mail Item Retrieval System", Re-Test Date: Oct. 21, 1998. cited by applicant .
Article 34 Amendments, Letter Accompanying Replacement Sheets, "Systems and Methods for Electronic Message Content," International Filing No. PCT/US01/19698, dated Jun. 20, 2011. cited by applicant .
Bartholomew, D., "The Future of Snail Mail: The Postal Service is Gearing Up for Competition. But Can it Deliver??", Dialog Search, Information Week, No. 556,pp. 34-36, (Dec. 1995). cited by applicant .
Bhushan et al., Federated accounting: service charging and billing in a business-to-business environment, Integrated Network Management Proceedings, 2001 IEEE/IFIP International Syposium on, May 14-18, 2001, pp. 107-121. cited by applicant .
Campbell, "Methods and Systems for Proofing Identities Using a Certificate Authority," Pending U.S. Appl. No. 09/809,325, filed Mar. 16, 2001. cited by applicant .
Campbell, "Methods and Systems for Providing an Electronic Account to a Customer," Pending U.S. Appl. No. 09/809,581, filed Mar. 16, 2001. cited by applicant .
Campbell, "Systems and Methods for Providing Electronic Archiving," U.S. Appl. No. 60/231,337, filed Sep. 8, 2000. cited by applicant .
Cook, "Methods and Systems for Linking an Electronic Address to a Physical Address of a Customer," Pending U.S. Appl. No. 09/809,326, filed Mar. 16, 2001. cited by applicant .
Cook, "Methods and Systems for Providing a Secure Electronic Mailbox," Pending U.S. Appl. No. 09/809,312, filed Mar. 16, 2001. cited by applicant .
"Connect announces OneServer interactive online application platform," Business Wire, Apr. 10, 1995, p. 4101043, retrieved from Dialog, Dialog No. 07797909. cited by applicant .
Czemy, Customer account management system for Steweag key accounts, Electricity Distribution, Par 1, Contributions, 14th International Conference and Exhibition (IEE Conf. Publ. No. 438), vol. 5, 1997, pp. 6/1-6/5. cited by applicant .
Fedex, Customer Service, Fast Facts online service feature, dated Oct. 11, 2000. cited by applicant .
"Joint Direct Bill Payment Form for Mich. Utilities," Bank Technology News, Apr. 1994, p. 8, retrieved from Dialog, Dialog No. 03302326. cited by applicant .
Newkirk, K.M., "Banks can slice transaction costs," Independent Banker, Dec. 1995, vol. 45, No. 12, pp. 52-53, retrieved from Dialog, Dialog No. 00276769. cited by applicant .
Orbke, "Methods and Systems for Establishing an Electronic Account for a Customer," Pending U.S. Appl. No. 09/809,328, filed Mar. 16, 2001. cited by applicant .
"Recommendation F. 400/X.400 message handling and directory services--operation and definition of service," Nov. 14, 1988, CCITT, Melbourne, XP002186347. cited by applicant .
Stafford et al., Delivering marketing expertise to the front lines, Expert IEEE, vol. 9, Issue 2, 1994, pp. 23-32. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2000/27068, International Search Report mailed Apr. 5, 2001. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2001/08488, Written Opinion mailed Oct. 28, 2002. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2001/08490, International Search Report mailed Jan. 22, 2002. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2001/19384, International Search Report mailed Nov. 16, 2001. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2001/19384, Written Opinion mailed Jun. 17, 2002. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2001/19421, International Search Report mailed Nov. 19, 2001. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2001/23177, International Search Report mailed Jul. 24, 2001. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2001/27690, International Search Report mailed Nov. 19, 2001. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2001/28001, International Search Report mailed Dec. 21, 2001. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2002/028548, International Search Report mailed Dec. 18, 2002. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2002/04866, International Search Report and Written Opinion mailed May 23, 2002. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2002/09870, International Search Report mailed Dec. 5, 2002. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2002/09870, Written Opinion mailed Mar. 6, 2003. cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2005/22856, International Search Report and Written Opinion mailed Oct. 12, 2007 (11 pages). cited by applicant .
PCT Application No. PCT/US2005/22857, International Search Report and Written Opinion mailed Dec. 21, 2005 (9 pages). cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/237,528; Final Office Action mailed Aug. 15, 2007. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/237,528; Office Action mailed Nov. 28, 2006. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/237,528; Final Office Action mailed Apr. 24, 2006. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/237,528; Office Action mailed Feb. 17, 2004. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/237,528; Office Action mailed Aug. 4, 2003. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Office Action mailed May 23, 2013. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Final Office Action mailed Dec. 20, 2012. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Office Action mailed Jul. 23, 2012. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Final Office Action mailed Apr. 19, 2011. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Office Action mailed Nov. 9, 2010. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Final Office Action mailed Jan. 22, 2010. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Office Action mailed Mar. 24, 2009. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Final Office Action mailed Sep. 18, 2008. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,471, Office Action mailed Dec. 26, 2007. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 12/951,966, Office Action mailed Oct. 12, 2011. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 12/951,966, Final Office Action mailed Jul. 22, 2011. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 12/951,966, Office Action mailed Mar. 10, 2011. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 14/170,398, Final Office Action mailed Sep. 26, 2014. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 14/170,398, Office Action mailed Jun. 5, 2014. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 12/254,881, Office Action mailed Nov. 20, 2009. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Jun. 11, 2015. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Sep. 5, 2014. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Feb. 3, 2014. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Office Action mailed Sep. 16, 2013. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Feb. 27, 2013. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Aug. 1, 2012. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Office Action mailed Apr. 11, 2012. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Sep. 27, 2011. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Office Action mailed Feb. 16, 2011. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Sep. 14, 2010. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Office Action mailed Mar. 15, 2010. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Oct. 15, 2009. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Apr. 22, 2009. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Office Action mailed Sep. 24, 2008. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Final Office Action mailed Jan. 10, 2008. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 10/473,878; Office Action mailed May 1, 2007. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,302, Office Action mailed Oct. 19, 2009. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,302, Final Office Action mailed Aug. 4, 2009. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,302, Office Action mailed Nov. 18, 2008. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,302, Office Action mailed Feb. 25, 2008. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 11/168,302, Office Action mailed Sep. 4, 2007. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 12/773,252, Final Office Action mailed Feb. 10, 2011. cited by applicant .
U.S. Appl. No. 12/773,252, Office Action mailed Sep. 3, 2010. cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Oswecki; Elizabeth J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lewis Roca Rothergerber LLP
Description


FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cluster box mail delivery unit showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof.

The back view and bottom view form no part of the claimed design.

* * * * *

uspto.report is an independent third-party trademark research tool that is not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or any other governmental organization. The information provided by uspto.report is based on publicly available data at the time of writing and is intended for informational purposes only.

While we strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or suitability of the information displayed on this site. The use of this site is at your own risk. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

All official trademark data, including owner information, should be verified by visiting the official USPTO website at www.uspto.gov. This site is not intended to replace professional legal advice and should not be used as a substitute for consulting with a legal professional who is knowledgeable about trademark law.

© 2024 USPTO.report | Privacy Policy | Resources | RSS Feed of Trademarks | Trademark Filings Twitter Feed