Proppant vessel Patent Grant Oren , et al. March 8, 2 [Oren Technologies, LLC]

Proppant vessel

Oren , et al. March 8, 2

Patent Grant RE45914

U.S. patent number RE45,914 [Application Number D/518,163] was granted by the patent office on 2016-03-08 for proppant vessel. This patent grant is currently assigned to OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. The grantee listed for this patent is Oren Technologies, LLC. Invention is credited to John Oren, Joshua Oren.

United States Patent	RE45,914
Oren , et al.	March 8, 2016

Proppant vessel

Inventors:

Oren; John (Houston, TX), Oren; Joshua (Houston, TX)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Oren Technologies, LLC	Houston	TX	US

Assignee:

OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Houston, TX)

Appl. No.:

D/518,163

Filed:

February 20, 2015

Related U.S. Patent Documents


	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	29500678	Aug 27, 2014
Reissue of:	29436167	Nov 2, 2012	D688772	Aug 27, 2013
Reissue of:	29436167	Nov 2, 2012	D688772	Aug 27, 2013

Current U.S. Class:	D23/202
Current International Class:	2301 ()
Field of Search:	;D23/202-206 ;D3/273 ;206/386,600,1.5 ;D34/38

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Primary Examiner: Hyder; Phillip S
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Hogan Lovells US LLP

Claims

CLAIM

The ornamental design for a proppant vessel, as shown and described.

Description

FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view of the proppant vessel showing our .[.deign..]. .Iadd.design;.Iaddend.

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a .Iadd.right .Iaddend.side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is .[.an opposite.]. .Iadd.a left .Iaddend.side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

.Iadd.The broken lines depict portions of the proppant vessel in which the design is embodied that are not considered part of the claimed design..Iaddend.

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