Patent
   D382550
Priority
Jan 05 1996
Filed
Jan 16 1996
Issued
Aug 19 1997
Expiry
Aug 19 2011
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a rear portion of a pointing device, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a rear isometric view of a rear portion of a pointing device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of an alternative embodiment of the rear portion of a pointing device of FIG. 1.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Ledbetter, Carl J., Kaneko, Steven T., Adams, Edie, Siddiqui, Kabir

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