Shoe upper Patent Grant Petrie August 22, 2 [NIKE, Inc.]

Shoe upper

Petrie August 22, 2

Patent Grant D794936

U.S. patent number D794,936 [Application Number D/550,164] was granted by the patent office on 2017-08-22 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 Jason G. Petrie.

United States Patent	D794,936
Petrie	August 22, 2017

Shoe upper

Claims

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

Inventors:

Petrie; Jason G. (Portland, OR)

Applicant:

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

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)

Appl. No.:

D/550,164

Filed:

December 30, 2015

Current U.S. Class:	D2/972
Current International Class:	0204
Field of Search:	;D2/969,972-974,902,906-908,909,911-912,943-945,970 ;D5/47,54,63

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Primary Examiner: Asch; Jeffrey D
Assistant Examiner: Caruso; Rebekah A
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 a second side view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof.

The broken lines immediately adjacent to the shaded area define the bounds of the claimed design, and form no part thereof. The unshaded regions within 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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