World basketball

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Description

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyrights whatsoever.

FIG. 1 is a first side panel perspective view of a world basketball incorporating our design;

FIG. 2 is a second side panel perspective view shifted one panel to the right of the first side panel perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a third side panel perspective view shifted one panel to the right of the second side panel perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a fourth side panel perspective view shifted one panel to the right of the third side panel perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a fifth side panel perspective view shifted one panel to the right of the fourth side panel perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a sixth side panel perspective view shifted one panel to the right of the fifth side panel perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a seventh side panel perspective view shifted one panel to the right of the sixth side panel perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an eighth side panel perspective view shifted one panel to the right of the seventh side panel perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom perspective view thereof.

The “George Mason University” logo as shown in the drawings, particularly FIGS. 1, 2, and 8, is a trademark forming part of the claimed design. The owner of this logo is George Mason University, a non-for-profit state university having the address: 4400 University Drive, MSN 2A3, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444. The US Patent and Trademark Office registration number for the logo is 3042708, and the registration date is Jan. 10, 2006. Prior registration numbers include 1873336 and 1903646.

Claims

The ornamental design for a world basketball, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
4098 July 1845 Cornell
31311 February 1861 Goodyear
248259 October 1881 Gross
357994 February 1887 Hite
1206867 December 1916 Lewis
3512777 May 1970 Henderson
5405469 April 11, 1995 Lin
5503699 April 2, 1996 Ratner et al.
D430912 September 12, 2000 Hanna
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Other references
  • Ball shown on webpage:□□http://web.archive.org/web/20050516234014/http://store.fieldmuseum.org/images/products/big/839—big.jpg□□display date: May 16, 2005.
  • Logo shown on webpage:□□http://web.archive.org/web/20060115210920/http://ulife.gmu.edu/images/gmulogo.gif.
Patent History
Patent number: D595790
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 17, 2007
Date of Patent: Jul 7, 2009
Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, VA)
Inventors: Allan Falconer (Fairfax, VA), Barry Kronenfeld (Fairfax, VA), Jennifer Maloney (Fairfax, VA)
Primary Examiner: Catherine Tuttle
Attorney: David Yee
Application Number: 29/282,350
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Simulative (D21/714)