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Diagnostic instrument

Granted 20 Jul 2004 · no office action yet

Application
29/167,084
filed 9 Sep 2002
Publication
Not published
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US D493232
granted 20 Jul 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing a first embodiment of the new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the first embodiment of the new design;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the first embodiment of the new design;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of the first embodiment of the new design, the side opposite that shown in FIG. 4 being the mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation view of the first embodiment of the new design.

No bottom plan view is provided since the bottom is unadorned.

The broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
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  • /DRW
USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/216D24/232

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Examiner
Ian Simmons
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