Portion of a shoe upper

United States Patent [w]

Hlavacs

US00D398764S [ii] Patent Number: Des. 398,764 [45] Date of Patent: **Sep. 29, 1998

[54] PORTION OF A SHOE UPPER

[75] Inventor: John Hlavacs, Portland, Oreg.

[73] Assignee: Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Oreg. [**] Term: 14 Years

[21] Appl. No.: 83,945

[22] Filed: Feb. 20, 1998

[51] I OC (6) C I 02-99

[52] U.S. C I 1)2 972

[58] Field of Search D2/896, 902, 906,

D2/907, 972, 973, 978; 36/83, 113, 114, 45, 48, 50.1, 126-129

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Nike Footwear Catalog, Fall 1998, pp. 62 and 92. Published Dec. 1997.

Nike Footwear Catalog, Late Spring 1998, p. 199. Published Sep. 1997.

Nike Footwear Catalog, Spring 1998, pp. 51 and 52. Published Jun. 1997.

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Nike Footwear Catalog, Late Spring 1996, p. 40. Published Aug. 1995.

Nike Footwear Catalog, 1983, p. 14. Published Jan. 1983.

Primary Examiner—Dominic Simone

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

[57] CLAIM

The ornamental design for a portion of a shoe upper, as shown and described.

DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a shoe upper

showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of a shoe sole and the remaining portion of the upper shown in FIGS. 1-5 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

1 Claim, 2 Drawing Sheets