Shoe upper Patent Grant Kanata April 11, 2 [NIKE, Inc.]

Shoe upper

Kanata April 11, 2

Patent Grant D783256

U.S. patent number D783,256 [Application Number D/543,670] was granted by the patent office on 2017-04-11 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 Kohei Kanata.

United States Patent	D783,256
Kanata	April 11, 2017

Shoe upper

Claims

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

Inventors:

Kanata; Kohei (Portland, OR)

Applicant:

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

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)

Appl. No.:

D/543,670

Filed:

October 27, 2015

Current U.S. Class:	D2/972
Current International Class:	0299
Field of Search:	;D2/902,906-908,944,946,969,972-974,977

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Primary Examiner: Simone; Dominic
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;

FIG. 3 is an opposite side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof.

The photographic area is claimed. The broken lines immediately adjacent to the photographic area represent unclaimed boundaries of the 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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