U.S. patent number D934,573 [Application Number D/717,858] was granted by the patent office on 2021-11-02 for sponge with surface pattern.
The grantee listed for this patent is 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY. Invention is credited to Mark W. Baldwin, Kyle C. Bryson, Louis D. Hibbard, John L. Thiele, Scott J. Tuman.
United States Patent |
D934,573 |
Tuman , et al. |
November 2, 2021 |
Sponge with surface pattern
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a sponge with surface pattern, as
shown and described.
Inventors: |
Tuman; Scott J. (Woodbury,
MN), Hibbard; Louis D. (Eagan, MN), Thiele; John L.
(Newport, MN), Bryson; Kyle C. (Woodbury, MN), Baldwin;
Mark W. (Woodbury, MN) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY |
St. Paul |
MN |
US |
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Appl.
No.: |
D/717,858 |
Filed: |
December 19, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
D5/58; D5/53;
D32/40 |
Current International
Class: |
0705 |
Field of
Search: |
;D5/4,5,6,26,41,43,44,46,47,54,56,58,59,61,62,99
;D6/582,602,612,613,617 ;D19/1,5 ;D20/27 ;D25/138,149,151,157
;D32/40 ;D11/178 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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9007438775-0001 |
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Dec 2019 |
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Other References
Overstock, Scotch-Brite Scrub Dots, date unknown, found on Feb. 24,
2021 at
https://www.overstock.com/Office-Supplies/Scotch-Brite-Scrub-Dots-Heav-
y-Duty-Scrub-Sponge-3-Pkg/20056042/product.html (Year: 2021). cited
by examiner .
Scotch-Brite, 2017, found on Feb. 25, 2121 at
https://www.amazon.com/Scotch-Brite-Scrub-Heavy-Sponge-Sponges/dp/B0711YC-
K62/ref=pd_sbs_2?pd_rd_w=lcJJN&pf_rd_p=c52600a3-624a-4791-b4c4-3b112e19fbb-
c&pf_rd_r=40NY5K9DY762W0MTR4H3&pd_rd_r=20a41f1d-993c-4236-904e-19303cf89c9-
0&pd_rd_wg=0vlf8&pd_rd_i=B071 (Year: 2017). cited by
examiner.
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Primary Examiner: Acker; Karen S
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sponge with surface pattern
showing the new design;
FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is an enlarged detail view of area 8 circumscribed within
FIG. 1.
The broken lines and areas within them including the top surface
plane are portions of the sponge with surface pattern that form no
part of the claimed design.
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References