{
  "agent": "Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.",
  "appl_id": "29380046",
  "assignees": [
    {
      "city": "Bemidji",
      "name": "LaValley Industries, LLC",
      "region": "MN"
    }
  ],
  "description": "FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a gripping arm according to the new design;\n\nFIG. 2 is a right side elevation view of the gripping arm depicted in FIG. 1;\n\nFIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the gripping arm depicted in FIG. 1;\n\nFIG. 4 is a rear elevation view of the gripping arm depicted in FIG. 1;\n\nFIG. 5 is a left side elevation view of the gripping arm depicted in FIG. 1;\n\nFIG. 6 is a top plan view of the gripping arm depicted in FIG. 1; and,\n\nFIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the gripping arm depicted in FIG. 1.\n\nThe broken lines in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.\n\n* * * * *",
  "field_of_search": [
    "D15/21",
    "D15/28",
    "175/85",
    "294/86.41",
    "294/81.61",
    "294/104",
    "294/106"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2010-11-30",
  "foreign_references": [
    {
      "country_code": "DE",
      "publication_number": "295 02 091"
    },
    {
      "country_code": "DE",
      "publication_number": "102 06 645"
    },
    {
      "country_code": "WO",
      "publication_number": "00 65193"
    }
  ],
  "intl_classes": [
    {
      "class": "1503",
      "version": null
    }
  ],
  "inventors": [
    {
      "city": "Bemidji",
      "first_name": "Jason",
      "last_name": "LaValley",
      "region": "MN"
    },
    {
      "city": "Bemidji",
      "first_name": "Roger",
      "last_name": "LaValley",
      "region": "MN"
    },
    {
      "city": "Duluth",
      "first_name": "Lawrence D.",
      "last_name": "Kilpo",
      "region": "MN"
    },
    {
      "city": "Duluth",
      "first_name": "Michael",
      "last_name": "Burgess",
      "region": "MN"
    }
  ],
  "kind_code": "B1",
  "npl_references": [
    "\"Manipulator KM 930,\" Kinshofer GmbH, available at http://www.kinshofer.com/site.sub.--eng/produkte.sub.--main/main.sub.--km- 930.html; 1 page. cited by other .",
    "\"Manipulator KM 930,\" Kinshofer Gmbh, available at http://www.kinshofer.com/site.sub.--eng/produkte.sub.--main/Resources/KM.- sub.--930.sub.--eng.pdf ; 1 page. cited by other .",
    "\"Selling GB Wood Grapple products,\" GB Industries Co. Ltd, available at http://kennycho.trustpass.alibaba.com/product/107764499-11334694/Selling.- sub.--GB.sub.--Wood.sub.--Grapple.sub.--products.html ; 3 pages. cited by other .",
    "\"Selector/Demolition Grabs,\" McQuaid Engineering Ltd, available at http://www.alibaba.com/product/mcquaid84-215959236-0/Selector.sub.--Demol- ition-Grabs.html ; 3 pages. cited by other .",
    "\"Kinshofer Manipulators--Kinshofer-KM930,\" available at http://www.worktruck-outfitters.com/kinshofer-manipulators-p-1281.html ; 4 pages. cited by other .",
    "Drawings and Photographs of a Grapple manufactured by Weldco Beales Mfg.; in Applicants possession on or about Mar. 20, 2010; 15 pages. cited by other .",
    "Pictures of a grapple mechanism printed from http://rotobec.com/web/2610.sub.--PH.sub.--Pipe.sub.--and.sub.--Pole-Hand- ler.html and http://rotobec.com/resources/images/products/rotations/RGP-252.sub.--main- .jpg on Mar. 30, 2010, but possibly posted on the Internet as early as Sep. 2009; 2 pages. cited by other .",
    "Five photographs taken in Jan. 2010 of a grapple mechanism used by Michels Corporation. cited by other .",
    "Photograph of Manipulator manufactured by Kinshofer GmbH of Germany (1 page). cited by other .",
    "Drawings of Heavy Duty Pole Claw manufactured by EZ-Spot-UR, found online at http://www.ezspotur.com/HDPC-01-0006.sub.--NO.sub.--SETBACK.pdf (1 page). cited by other."
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  "primary_examiner": {
    "first_name": "Mark",
    "last_name": "Goodwin"
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  "publication_date": "2011-09-13",
  "publication_number": "D645062",
  "title": "Gripping arm",
  "us_classes": [
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