Lighting apparatus Patent Grant Wilcox , et al. February 16, 2 [Cree, Inc.]

Lighting apparatus

Wilcox , et al. February 16, 2

Patent Grant D749776

U.S. patent number D749,776 [Application Number D/492,519] was granted by the patent office on 2016-02-16 for lighting apparatus. This patent grant is currently assigned to Cree, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Cree, Inc.. Invention is credited to John W. Durkee, James Michael Lay, Kurt S. Wilcox.

United States Patent	D749,776
Wilcox , et al.	February 16, 2016

Lighting apparatus

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a lighting apparatus, as shown and described herein.

Inventors:

Wilcox; Kurt S. (Libertyville, IL), Durkee; John W. (Raleigh, NC), Lay; James Michael (Apex, NC)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Cree, Inc.	Durham	NC	US

Assignee:

Cree, Inc. (Durham, NC)

Appl. No.:

D/492,519

Filed:

May 30, 2014

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
13842521	Mar 15, 2013
PCT/US2014/013937	Jan 30, 2014

Current U.S. Class:	D26/120
Current International Class:	2699
Field of Search:	;D26/9,10,12,13,15,16,24,51,61,72,76,80,81,85,86,88,90,113,118,119,120,122,128,129,138,143,144 ;D13/180

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Primary Examiner: Rudzinski; Kevin
Assistant Examiner: Lough; Sean D
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McCracken & Gillen LLC

Description

FIG. 1 is a top isometric view of an ornamental design for a lighting apparatus;

FIG. 2 is a bottom isometric view of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a back elevation view the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is left elevation view of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right elevation view of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1.

The broken lines (where present) in all FIGS. illustrate portions of the lighting apparatus that form no part of the claimed design. The lighting apparatus is shown with a break in the middle of the design. The portions of the design not shown form no part of the claimed design.

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