Tire tread Patent Grant Doui , et al. September 26, 2 [COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN]

Tire tread

Doui , et al. September 26, 2

Patent Grant D798223

U.S. patent number D798,223 [Application Number D/555,111] was granted by the patent office on 2017-09-26 for tire tread. This patent grant is currently assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherch Et Technique S.A.. The grantee listed for this patent is COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.. Invention is credited to Yoshihisa Doui, Takeshi Sawada, Tomohiro Seii.

United States Patent	D798,223
Doui , et al.	September 26, 2017

Tire tread

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a tire tread, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Doui; Yoshihisa (Ashikaga, JP), Sawada; Takeshi (Ota, JP), Seii; Tomohiro (Fukaya, JP)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.	Clermont-Ferrand Granges-Paccot	N/A N/A	FR CH

Assignee:

Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (FR)
Michelin Recherch Et Technique S.A. (CH)

Appl. No.:

D/555,111

Filed:

February 18, 2016

Foreign Application Priority Data


Aug 19, 2015 [FR]			2015-4002

Current U.S. Class:	D12/521
Current International Class:	1215
Field of Search:	;152/5,151,152.1,167,208,209.1-209.28,246,450,526,527,532,535,538,541 ;D12/145,500-605,900-901

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Primary Examiner: Matharu; Manpreet
Assistant Examiner: Wilson; Keith
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tire tread of our design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the tire tread of our design;

FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of the tire tread of our design;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of the tire tread of our design, taken from the opposite side of that shown in FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged, partial view of FIG. 1.

In the drawings, the dash-dash broken line disclosure depicts environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dot-dash lines represent the peripheral boundary between the claimed tire tread and the unclaimed sidewall. The tread pattern is understood to repeat uniformly throughout the circumference of the tire, as shown schematically in solid lines.

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