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Tire tread
US D496,325 S · Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique, S.A. · Inventors: Buresh; Patrick Jon et al.
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- Granted September 21, 2004. A US design patent lasts 14 years from grant (15 if filed from May 13, 2015), so this one ended September 21, 2018.
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FiledJuly 15, 2003
GrantedSeptember 21, 2004
Term endedSeptember 21, 2018
Application numberD/186434
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Length4 pages
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