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Arcuate member for moving liquids along a microscope slide

Granted 28 Apr 2015 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ventana Medical Systems · originally Roche

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Inventors: Brian Howard Kram, Carl David Martin, Michael Otter, Jessica Jones +1 · Examiner: Anhdao Doan · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/450,292
filed 15 Mar 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D728120
granted 28 Apr 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an arcuate member showing the new design.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the arcuate member in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a back view of the arcuate member in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the arcuate member in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the arcuate member in FIG. 1 .

FIGS. 6 and 7 are detailed views of portions of the arcuate member in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the arcuate member in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the arcuate member in FIG. 1 .

The details shown in broken lines illustrate portions of the arcuate member that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/216

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D728120-SS128 Apr 201515 Mar 2013grantedArcuate member for moving liquids along a microscope slide
USUS-D772424-SS122 Nov 201615 Jan 2015grantedArcuate member for moving liquids along a microscope slide
JPJP-1515999-SS26 Jan 20154 Sep 2013grantedno title held
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-352624-SS3 Dec 20138 Aug 2013publishedArcuate member for moving liquids
AUAU-352634-SS3 Dec 20138 Aug 2013publishedArcuate member for moving liquids along a microscope slide
CACA-152320-SS11 Jul 201431 Jul 2013grantedArcuate member for moving liquids along a microscope slide
CACA-156743-SS11 Jul 201431 Jul 2013grantedArcuate member for moving liquids along a microscope slide

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