Perforating gun and alignment assembly

Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top perspective view of a perforating gun and alignment assembly showing an embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front, bottom perspective view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevated view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevated view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left-side elevated view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right-side elevated view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the perforating gun and alignment assembly of FIG. 1.

The broken lines consisting of dashes show an environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design of a perforating gun and alignment assembly, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Eitschberger; Christian (Munich, DE), Scharf; Thilo (Donegal, IE), Burmeister; Gernot Uwe (Austin, TX)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH Troisdorf N/A DE
Assignee:	DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH (Troisdorf, DE)
Appl. No.:	D/755,354
Filed:	October 20, 2020

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	29729981	Mar 31, 2020	D903064
	16511495	Jul 15, 2019	10920543
	16272326	Feb 11, 2019	10458213

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Current U.S. Class:	D23/262; D15/139
Current International Class:	2301
Field of Search:	;D15/21,126,138-139 ;D22/100,108-112,199 ;D8/354,358,382,387 ;D23/259,262,266 ;285/333-334

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Primary Examiner: Wierenga; Amy C
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Moyles IP, LLC