Pipe joints or couplings – Vacuum cleaner type
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-01
2011-03-01
Dunwoody, Aaron (Department: 3679)
Pipe joints or couplings
Vacuum cleaner type
C482S035000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07896398
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a pipe handle including first and second pipes which are engaged together with a male coupling of the second pipe fitted into a female coupling of the first pipe. The first pipe has a larger inside diameter in the female coupling than in a main body adjacent to the female coupling. The second pipe has a continuous outer surface without any step between the male coupling and a main body adjacent to the male coupling. The main body of the first pipe and the main body of the second pipe has an equal or almost equal outside diameter.
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Japanese Notification of Reason(s) for Refusal mailed Sep. 29, 2009, directed at counterpart Japanese Application No. 2004-190186; 3 pages.
Fujiwara Masatoshi
Suda Tomokazu
Dunwoody Aaron
Morrison & Foerster / LLP
Uni-Charm Corporation
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