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Instrument

Granted 30 Sep 2014 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Meridian Bioscience, Inc. · originally Sébastien Chapdelaine

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Inventors: François Gaucher, Sébastien Chapdelaine, Antoine Dallaire, Thomas-Éric Beliveau +2 · Examiner: Anhdao Doan · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/429,959
filed 20 Aug 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D714458
granted 30 Sep 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view taken from…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view taken from a top, front, left side of the instrument shown in a closed position;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view taken from a top, front, left side of the instrument shown in an open position;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 15 is a perspective view taken from a bottom, back, right side thereof.

Throughout the Figures, the dash-dotted lines represent the bounds of the claim, and all other broken lines illustrate unclaimed portions of the instrument. None of the broken lines form a part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/216D24/219

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USthis patentUS-D714458-SS130 Sep 201420 Aug 2012grantedInstrument
USUS-D734865-SS121 Jul 201511 Apr 2014grantedInstrument
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CACA-149825-SS16 Jul 201419 Feb 2013grantedMolecular diagnostic instrument
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