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Adaptor seal

Granted 16 Sep 2008 · 2 office actions

Assignee: ResMed

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Inventors: Perry David Lithgow, Ian Malcolm Smith, Dan Kao · Examiner: Holly H Baynham · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/257,448
filed 5 Apr 2006
Publication
Not published
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US D577109
granted 16 Sep 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 an adaptor seal for a humidifier/respiratory apparatus according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof, with the right side view thereof being a mirror image thereof.

The top and bottom views are not shown because they are similar to FIG. 4 , the only difference is that the top and bottom views would be rotated 90° clockwise and 90° counterclockwise, respectively, compared to FIG. 4 .

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/358

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Pendency
2.5 y
895 days filing → grant
Office actions
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Examiner
Holly H Baynham
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7 members · 2 offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D577109-SS116 Sep 20085 Apr 2006grantedAdaptor seal
USUS-D600787-SS122 Sep 200914 Aug 2008grantedAdaptor seal
USUS-D613385-SS16 Apr 201021 Sep 2009grantedAdaptor seal
USUS-D619449-SS113 Jul 20101 Sep 2009grantedAdaptor seal
USUS-D630718-SS111 Jan 201111 Jun 2010grantedAdaptor seal
USUS-D638530-SS124 May 20112 Dec 2010grantedAdaptor seal
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-311258-SS8 Nov 20064 Oct 2006publishedAdaptor seal for a humidifier/respiratory apparatus

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