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Cartridge for a dry powder inhaler

Granted 31 Jul 2012 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Wilmington Trust, N.A. · originally MannKind Corporation

Inventors: Chad C. Smutney, P. Spencer Kinsey, John M. Polidoro, Benoit Adamo · Examiner: Rashida Johnson · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application

29/356,555

filed 26 Feb 2010

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US D664640

granted 31 Jul 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of our…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of our new cartridge for a dry powder inhaler design.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the cartridge for a dry powder inhaler shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the cartridge for a dry powder inhaler shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a back view of the cartridge for a dry powder inhaler shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a front view of the cartridge for a dry powder inhaler shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a side view of the cartridge for a dry powder inhaler shown in FIG. 1 .

The broken lines in FIGS. 1-4 represent the portions of the cartridge, which form no part of the claimed design.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a cartridge for a dry powder inhaler, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/110

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Rashida Johnson

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