Confection

- The Hershey Company
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Description

The file of this patent contains at least one photograph executed in color. Copies of this patent with color photograph(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a first embodiment of a confection showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of a confection showing our new design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of a confection showing our new design; and,

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of a fourth embodiment of a confection showing our new design.

The dashed-dotted broken lines in FIGS. 1-4 show unclaimed boundaries of the claim. The dashed broken lines and the portions of the confection masked with a relatively opaque layer in FIGS. 2-4 form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a confection, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D925861
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 26, 2018
Date of Patent: Jul 27, 2021
Assignee: The Hershey Company (Hershey, PA)
Inventors: Timothy Hunn Tao Ling (New York, NY), Ann Louise Brinkerhoff (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Primary Examiner: Katie Jane Stofko
Application Number: 29/674,821
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D1/127; D1/101