Icon for a portion of a display

- VMware, Inc.
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Description

The FIGURE is a front view of an icon for a portion of a display showing our new design.

The broken line showing of a portion of a display is for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.

The gray scale shading symbolically represents a contrast of appearance.

Claims

The ornamental design for an icon for a portion of a display, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D617811
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 27, 2009
Date of Patent: Jun 15, 2010
Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Inventors: Lilia Kim (Fremont, CA), Robert Thompson (San Francisco, CA), Mark West (San Francisco, CA), Bryan Crowe (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Cathron C Brooks
Assistant Examiner: Karen E Kearney
Attorney: Leonard Heyman
Application Number: 29/340,884
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: And Arrow (D14/491); Simulative (D14/492)