Shoe upper Patent Grant Avar , et al. June 26, 2 [NIKE, Inc.]

Shoe upper

Avar , et al. June 26, 2

Patent Grant D821083

U.S. patent number D821,083 [Application Number D/623,029] was granted by the patent office on 2018-06-26 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, Bryant Klug, Timothy K. Liles.

United States Patent	D821,083
Avar , et al.	June 26, 2018

Shoe upper

Claims

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

Inventors:

Avar; Eric P. (Lake Oswego, OR), Klug; Bryant (Beaverton, OR), Liles; Timothy K. (Portland, OR)

Applicant:

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

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)

Appl. No.:

D/623,029

Filed:

October 20, 2017

Current U.S. Class:	D2/972
Current International Class:	0299
Field of Search:	;D2/902,906-908,923,944,946,969,972-975,978 ;D5/7,15,46,47,49

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Primary Examiner: Simone; Dominic V
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 photographic area define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof. The broken lines showing the remainder of the shoe represent unclaimed subject matter and form no part of the claimed design.

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