Portion of a shoe upper containing slits therein

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(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US D499,243 S ** Dec. 7, 2004

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* cited by examiner

Primary Examiner—Dominic Simone

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

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

DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a portion of a shoe
upper containing slits therein showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a side view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a front view thereof; and,
FIG. 5 is a top view thereof.

The broken lines immediately adjacent to the shaded area represent an unclaimed boundary of the design. The broken line showing of the remainder of the shoe is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

1 Claim, 5 Drawing Sheets

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