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Withings’ connected thermometer was also awarded the US design patent, USD793255S1, titled Thermometer. The patent was granted to two French designers, Elise Berthier and Pierre Garnier, on August 1st, 2017. The patent was then assigned to Withings, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
As a reminder, a US design patent covers the ornamental aspects of an invention, or how the invention looks. By contrast a US utility patent covers how an invention works, or is manufactured (USPTO).
Below the patent Figure 1, shows a perspective view of the invention design. The surface shading represents contour, rather than any claimed ornamentation. Likewise, the broken lines depict unclaimed parts of the design. An image of the marketed Withings Thermo is also included.
References
Withings Thermometer
https://www.withings.com/us/en/thermo
USPTO MPEP – Chapt. 1502-01 – Distinction between design and utility patent.
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1502.html
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