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The broken lines shown in the drawings represent unclaimed portions of the brace and form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a brace, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 31, 2016
Date of Patent: Dec 11, 2018
Assignee: ORTHO SYSTEMS (Agoura, CA)
Inventors: Edwin Erwin (Studio City, CA), Zhuang Shao (Los Angeles, CA), Kenji Watabe (Ventura, CA), Tracy E. Grim (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Primary Examiner: George D. Kirschbaum
Assistant Examiner: Darcey E Heflin
Application Number: 29/576,177