Shoe upper Patent Grant Kuerbis April 18, 2 [NIKE, Inc.]

Shoe upper

Kuerbis April 18, 2

Patent Grant D783995

U.S. patent number D783,995 [Application Number D/552,804] was granted by the patent office on 2017-04-18 for shoe upper. This patent grant is currently assigned to NIKE, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is NIKE, Inc.. Invention is credited to Tate E. Kuerbis.

United States Patent	D783,995
Kuerbis	April 18, 2017

Shoe upper

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a shoe upper, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Kuerbis; Tate E. (Portland, OR)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
NIKE, Inc.	Beaverton	OR	US

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)

Appl. No.:

D/552,804

Filed:

January 26, 2016

Current U.S. Class:	D2/972
Current International Class:	0204
Field of Search:	;D2/902,907,909-912,915,923-927,929-930,939,942-946,964-965,969,971-975,977-978 ;36/3B,22R,24.5,25R,28,32R,34R,59C,67A,103 ;D11/79,218,231,234

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Primary Examiner: Snapp; Sandra
Assistant Examiner: Glennon; Katherine
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a shoe upper showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view thereof.

The broken lines immediately adjacent to the shaded area represent unclaimed boundaries of the design. The two unshaded regions within or adjacent to the shaded area form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines showing the remainder of the shoe are for environmental purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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