Confection

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a confection, showing our new design in an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another side elevation view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a confection, showing our new design in another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a side elevation view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is another side elevation view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a front elevation view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevation view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8.

The evenly-spaced broken lines shown in FIGS. 1-14 illustrate portions of the confection that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot broken lines in FIGS. 8-10 and 13-14 illustrate the boundary of the claimed design that forms no part thereof.

Claims

We claim, the ornamental design for a confection, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D843681
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 27, 2018
Date of Patent: Mar 26, 2019
Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC (East Hanover, NJ)
Inventors: Francis Amoako-Poku (Whippany, NJ), Susan Pettigrew (Whippany, NJ), Doris Tancredi (Whippany, NJ), Zi Yang (Whippany, NJ), Kishor Kabse (Whippany, NJ), Atsushi Ueminami (Kanagawa)
Primary Examiner: Katie Jane Stofko
Application Number: 29/642,056
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D1/127