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Optical instrument

Granted 15 Jun 2004 · no office action yet

Application
29/180,539
filed 25 Apr 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D491477
granted 15 Jun 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an optical instrument according to the invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view of the instrument.

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of the instrument.

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the instrument.

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the instrument.

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the instrument; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the instrument.

In the above drawings, any portions shown in broken lines do not form a part of the invention.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D10/69

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Antoine D. Davis
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USthis patentUS-D491477-SS115 Jun 200425 Apr 2003grantedOptical instrument
USUS-D500255-SS128 Dec 200414 Apr 2004grantedPortions of an optical instrument
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TWTW-D105278-SS21 Jun 200517 Oct 2003publishedLaser level

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