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Dabney Staub Gomes

Francisco Henning Gomes

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MI A RITARIA TRA WA MTOTOHAN USOOD794832S ( 12 ) United States Design Patent ( 10 ) Patent No . : Gomes et al . ( 45 ) Date of Patent : US D794 , 832 S * * Aug . 15 , 2017 ( 74 ) Attorney , Agent , or Firm — Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC ( 54 ) BUILDING BLOCK ( 71 ) Applicant : Board of Regents , The University of Texas System , Austin , TX ( US ) ( 72 ) Inventors : Francisco Henning Gomes , Austin , TX ( US ) ; Dabney Staub Gomes , Austin , TX ( US ) ( 73 ) Assignee : Board of Regents , The University of Texas System , Austin , TX ( US ) ( 57 ) CLAIM The ornamental design for a building block , as shown and described . DESCRIPTION ( * * ) Term : 15 Years ( 21 ) Appl . No . : 29 / 556 , 139 ( 22 ) Filed : Feb . 26 , 2016 ( 51 ) LOC ( 10 ) CI . 25 - 01 ( 52 ) U . S . CI . USPC D25 / 114 ( 58 ) Field of Classification Search USPC . . . . D21 / 484 - 486 ; D25 / 102 , 112 – 118 ; 52 / 503 – 505 , 574 , 575 , 596 , 600 - 605 ; 404 / 29 , 30 , 34 , 37 , 41 , 42 , 405 / 284 , 286 ( Continued ) ( 56 ) References Cited FIG . 1 is a rear perspective view of a top surface of a building block showing our new design , according to one implementation . FIG . 2 is a rear perspective view of a bottom surface of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 3 is a front perspective view of the top surface of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 4 is a front perspective view of the bottom surface of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 5 is a top view of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 6 is a bottom view of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 7 is a front view of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 8 is a rear view of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 9 is a right side view of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 10 is a left side view of the building block in FIG . 1 . FIG . 11 is a cross sectional view of the building block shown in FIG . 1 as taken through the 11 - 11 line . FIG . 12 is a cross sectional view of the building block shown in FIG . 1 as taken through the 12 - 12 line . FIG . 13 is a rear perspective view of a top surface of a building block showing our new design , according to another implementation . FIG . 14 is a rear perspective view of a bottom surface of the building block in FIG . 13 . FIG . 15 is a front perspective view of the bottom surface of the building block in FIG . 13 . FIG . 16 is a front perspective view of the top surface of the building block in FIG . 13 . FIG . 17 is a top view of the building block in FIG . 13 . FIG . 18 is a bottom view of the building block in FIG . 13 . FIG . 19 is a front view of the building block in FIG . 13 . FIG . 20 is a rear view of the building block in FIG . 13 . FIG . 21 is a right side view of the building block in FIG . 13 . FIG . 22 is a left side view of the building block in FIG . 13 . ( Continued ) U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS 1 , 064 , 498 A 1 , 485 , 007 A 6 / 1913 Landis 2 / 1924 Zahn ( Continued ) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS GB 882577 11 / 1961 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Inglesby , Tom “ Pass the Post , Please ” Sep . 16 , 2002 , Mason Contractors Association of America , 4pp . ( Continued ) Primary Examiner — Susan Bennett Hattan Assistant Examiner — Leanne Was - Englehart vi - . KVISIIS :- 2 .-- - - . -- 3 . X . - - 7- .- . -- - To . - - - - - : - - - . - - - - - DAN - > 222 -US D794 , 832 S Page 2 FIG . 23 is a cross sectional view of the building block shown in FIG . 13 as taken through the 23 - 23 line . FIG . 24 is a cross sectional view of the building block shown in FIG . 13 as taken through the 24 - 24 line . FIG . 25 is a rear perspective view of the building block of FIG . 1 shown in an assembled wall having a plurality of building blocks ; and , FIG . 26 is a front perspective view of the building block of FIG . 1 shown in the assembled wall shown in FIG . 25 . The break lines depict the boundaries of the claim . The area between the break lines forms no part of the claimed design . The broken lines , consisting of only short dashes and showing the remaining portions of the building block and its environment , form no part of the claimed design . The broken lines consisting of dot - dot - dash are boundary lines that show that the claimed design extends to the boundary line . 5 , 138 , 808 A 8 / 1992 Bengtson et al . 5 , 163 , 261 A * 11 / 1992 O ' Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B28B 7 / 0079 405 / 284 5 , 209 , 037 A 5 / 1993 Kennedy et al . 5 , 321 , 926 A 6 / 1994 Kennedy 5 , 528 , 874 A 6 / 1996 Schmid 5 , 901 , 520 A 5 / 1999 Abdul - Baki 6 , 065 , 265 A 5 / 2000 Stenekes 6 , 082 , 067 A 7 / 2000 Bott 6 , 223 , 493 B1 5 / 2001 Ruggeri 6 , 250 , 038 B1 * 6 / 2001 Akamine . . . . . . . . E02D 29702 52 / 421 6 , 513 , 293 B2 . 2 / 2003 Miller 6 , 735 , 915 B1 . 5 / 2004 Johnson 6 , 978 , 581 B1 12 / 2005 Spakousky 7 , 086 , 811 B2 8 / 2006 Lewis 7 , 096 , 636 B1 8 / 2006 Neill et al . D530 , 832 S * 10 / 2006 Rainey . . . D25 / 114 D574 , 517 S 8 / 2008 Foster 7 , 497 , 646 B2 3 / 2009 Price 7 , 739 , 841 B1 6 / 2010 Puckett 7 , 739 , 845 B2 6 / 2010 Kennedy D626 , 662 S * 11 / 2010 Bott . . . D25 / 113 7 , 823 , 360 B1 11 / 2010 Cottle D632 , 805 S * 2 / 2011 Bott . . . . . . . . . . D25 / 113 D636 , 897 S * 4 / 2011 Bott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D25 / 113 8 , 266 , 855 B1 9 / 2012 Altararwah 8 , 800 , 235 B2 * 8 / 2014 LaCroix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B28B 3 / 021 405 / 284 9 , 476 , 200 B2 * 10 / 2016 Gomes E04B 2 / 22 2006 / 0059839 A1 3 / 2006 Azar 2006 / 0150559 A1 7 / 2006 Haener 2010 / 0018150 A1 1 / 2010 Azar 2010 / 0043335 Al 2 / 2010 O ' Connor 2012 / 0167516 AL 7 / 2012 Dyson 2015 / 0052837 A1 * 2 / 2015 Gomes E04B 2 / 22 527405 . 3 1 Claim , 18 Drawing Sheets ( 58 ) Field of Classification Search CPC . E04B 1 / 043 ; E04C 1 / 40 ; E04C 1 / 395 ; E02D 29 / 02 See application file for complete search history . ( 56 ) References Cited U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS OTHER PUBLICATIONS 1 , 675 , 093 A 2 , 008 , 775 A 2 , 684 , 589 A 2 , 881 , 613 A 2 , 929 , 236 A 3 , 222 , 830 A 3 , 233 , 380 A 3 , 562 , 988 A 3 , 968 , 615 A 4 , 123 , 881 A 4 , 167 , 843 A 4 , 640 , 071 A 4 , 655 , 018 A 4 , 704 , 832 A * 6 / 1928 Patrick 7 / 1935 Staman 7 / 1954 Perreton 4 / 1959 Johnson et al . 3 / 1960 Steward et al . 12 / 1965 Ivany 2 / 1966 Rosenfeld 2 / 1971 Gregoire 7 / 1976 Ivany 11 / 1978 Muse 9 / 1979 Kampman et al . 2 / 1987 Haener 4 / 1987 Pardo 11 / 1987 Vassiliadis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Concrete Masonry Association , " NCMA TEK 3 - 14 ” , Con struction ( 2002 ) . National Concrete Masonry Association , " NCMA Tek 14 - 20A ” , Construction ( 2002 ) . Ostag , William peter “ Post - Tensioned Single Wythe Concrete Masonry Walls ” May 1986 , A Thesis in Architectural Engineering , The Pennsylvania State University , The Graduate School , Depart ment of Architectural Engineering . Co - pending U . S . Appl . No . 14 / 465 , 421 , filed Aug . 21 , 2014 and its file history . E04B 2 / 22 52 / 279 4 , 707 , 832 A 4 , 986 , 049 A 5 , 007 , 218 A 5 , 066 , 440 A 11 / 1987 Glenn et al . 1 / 1991 Kennedy et al . 4 / 1991 Bengtson et al . 11 / 1991 Kennedy et al . * cited by examiner atent Aug . 15 , 2017 Sheet 1 of 18 US D794 , 832 S FIG . 1 127 - - - - . nemam - - - - www .modapo tu marineren med b - porn ww met wiem - i l - to our wow me sencial more contre umano movies mises en co  e mesmo wet y- - - - - - - ' nmeninteattdstor * * - - den * -wwmom - - a men compos - - immer moon moet worden comm - . . ? w wie i mir i - l . com t corte + - - - - - . 4 :. iniininin . :  . : .: . . wwwwwwwwwwwwwwww hyohether t h t TRT LLLLLL . ' ' . i teitendentinin 2 . . . of - -- oto of . esto es mens moet worse . com . . wherewichinsellis m ' . * * 1 ,* . + I . " . ' . . . 4 : '.,. . * 1: . ! ' . * * . tutteristiw 1 : . U . S . 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