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   D440559
Priority
Nov 22 1999
Filed
Nov 22 1999
Issued
Apr 17 2001
Expiry
Apr 17 2015
Inventors
Cattaneo, …
Assg.orig
Britannia …
Assg.curr
VIPER BORR…
VIPER HOLD…
VIPER ACQU…
DEI SALES,…
DEI HOLDIN…
DEI INTERN…
DEI HEADQU…
POLK HOLDI…
Polk Audio…
BOOM MOVEM…
Definitive…
DIRECTED, …
Entity
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Referenced by
13
References
8
Maint.:
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The ornamental design for a portion of a speaker, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a speaker showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 4 is a top perspective view thereof.

The bottom of the portion of a speaker is unornamented.

The broken lines showing holes are environmental only and form no part of the claimed design.
INVENTORS:

Cattaneo, Marco, Crisco, John D., Limbaugh, Robert E., Ballard, Keith A., Fitzpatrick, Dave A., Jacob, Niklas

THIS PATENT IS REFERENCED BY THESE PATENTS:
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D672337, Dec 02 2010 Pioneer Corporation Speaker grill for automobile
D676020, Dec 02 2010 Pioneer Corporation Speaker grill for automobile
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D691590, Jul 04 2011 CLARION CO , LTD In-vehicle speaker grill
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D937245, Dec 27 2018 Pioneer Corporation Speaker
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