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Sample cassette for a diagnostic instrument

Granted 2 Dec 2014 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Wellstat Diagnositics, LLC · originally WELLSTAT DIAGNOSTICS, LLC

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Inventors: Charles Quentin Davis, Michael D. Nelson, Nadine Wohlstadter, Joseph N. K. Ullman +1 · Examiner: Anhdao Doan · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/473,088
filed 19 Nov 2013
Publication
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US D718873
granted 2 Dec 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left rear perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a left rear perspective view of a sample cassette for a diagnostic instrument showing our new design, where the top portion is optically opaque and the bottom portion is optically transparent;

FIG. 2 is a left front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right rear perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a right front perspective view thereof.

The bottom view is plain and unornamented and is not part of the claimed design. The broken lines of uneven length define the boundary of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USUS-D700355-SS125 Feb 201415 May 2012grantedSample cassette for a diagnostic instrument
USthis patentUS-D718873-SS12 Dec 201419 Nov 2013grantedSample cassette for a diagnostic instrument
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-346947-SS14 Feb 20138 Nov 2012publishedSample cassette for a diagnostic instrument
BRBR-302012005752-S1S13 Jun 20147 Nov 2012publishedConfiguração aplicada a cassete de amostra para instrumentos de diagnósticopt
CACA-148360-SS16 May 20146 Nov 2012grantedSample cassette for a diagnostic instrument
TWTW-D160567-SS11 May 20149 Nov 2012publishedSample cassette for a diagnostic instrument
TWTW-D162184-SS1 Aug 20149 Nov 2012publishedSample cassette for a diagnostic instrument

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