Shoe upper Patent Grant Avar , et al. September 19, 2 [NIKE, Inc.]

Shoe upper

Avar , et al. September 19, 2

Patent Grant D797432

U.S. patent number D797,432 [Application Number D/576,676] was granted by the patent office on 2017-09-19 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 Eric P. Avar, Nadia M. Panian.

United States Patent	D797,432
Avar , et al.	September 19, 2017

Shoe upper

Claims

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

Inventors:

Avar; Eric P. (Lake Oswego, OR), Panian; Nadia M. (Beaverton, OR)

Applicant:

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

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)

Appl. No.:

D/576,676

Filed:

September 6, 2016

Current U.S. Class:	D2/972
Current International Class:	0204
Field of Search:	;D2/969,972-974,902,906-912,943-945,970,977

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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 our 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 define the bounds of the claimed design, and form no part thereof. 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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