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Molecular diagnostic instrument

Granted 20 May 2008 · no office action yet

Application
29/257,028
filed 27 Mar 2006
Publication
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US D569526
granted 20 May 2008

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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 a molecular diagnostic instrument showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a first side view thereof, the side opposite that shown in FIG. 4 being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of a molecular diagnostic instrument showing the slider element and handle in the open position;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a first side view thereof, the side opposite that shown in FIG. 9 being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front perspective view of a molecular diagnostic instrument showing the handle in a forward position;

FIG. 12 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a first side view thereof, the side opposite that shown in FIG. 13 being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front perspective view of a molecular diagnostic instrument showing the front door open;

FIG. 16 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a first side view thereof, the side opposite that shown in FIG. 15 being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 19 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 20 is a bottom view thereof.

It is to be understood that analogous views to the views of the molecular diagnostic instrument, wherein the front door is displayed in the position shown in FIGS. 15–20 , can also be generated for any of the drawings in which the slider and handle, and the handle, are shown in respectively the positions in FIGS. 7–10 and FIGS. 11–14 .

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/232

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Examiner
Robert A. Delehanty
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