Multiport for making optical connections Patent Grant Bagley , et al. January 18, 2 [Corning Research & Development Corporation]

Multiport for making optical connections

Bagley , et al. January 18, 2

Patent Grant D941296

U.S. patent number D941,296 [Application Number D/642,340] was granted by the patent office on 2022-01-18 for multiport for making optical connections. This patent grant is currently assigned to Corning Research & Development Corporation. The grantee listed for this patent is Corning Research & Development Corporation. Invention is credited to Steven Mardis Bagley, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Scott M. Janis, Matthew Wallace Peterson, Joel Christopher Rosson, Dayne Wilcox.

United States Patent	D941,296
Bagley , et al.	January 18, 2022

Multiport for making optical connections

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a multiports for making optical connections, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Bagley; Steven Mardis (San Francisco, CA), Elkins, II; Robert Bruce (Hickory, NC), Janis; Scott M. (El Cerrito, CA), Peterson; Matthew Wallace (San Francisco, CA), Rosson; Joel Christopher (Hickory, NC), Wilcox; Dayne (El Cerrito, CA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Corning Research & Development Corporation	Corning	NY	US

Assignee:

Corning Research & Development Corporation (Corning, NY)

Appl. No.:

D/642,340

Filed:

March 29, 2018

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29627974	Nov 30, 2017	D837788
29619926	Oct 3, 2017	D878372

Current U.S. Class:	D14/433; D13/147
Current International Class:	1402
Field of Search:	;D13/123,133,146,147,152,154,156,158,173,177,184,199 ;D14/242,433,434,435.1,438 ;D9/432,703

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Primary Examiner: Gingrich; Shawn T
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Carroll, Jr.; Michael E.

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an embodiment of a multiport for making optical connections showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof of FIG. 1.

In FIGS. 1-7, the evenly-spaced broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

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