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Forceps

Granted 6 Jun 2017 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Karl Storz

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Inventors: Kerstin Lautemann, Tobias Unger, Michael Strobel · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/553,630
filed 3 Feb 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D788916
granted 6 Jun 2017

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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 a forceps according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the forceps of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the forceps of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the forceps of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the forceps of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top view of the forceps of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the forceps of FIG. 1 .

The evenly-dashed broken lines in the drawings illustrate the portions of the design that form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken lines in the drawings define the bounds of the claim and form no part thereof.

The broken away symbols in the drawing indicate that any portion of the article beyond what is shown forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/143

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Pendency
1.3 y
489 days filing → grant
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1
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Examiner
Wan Laymon
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