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Therapy unit assembly

Granted 17 Apr 2018 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc. · originally Smith & Nephew

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Inventors: Robert H. Roth, Felix C. Quintanar, Andrew P. Muser, Michael T. Roller +7 · Examiner: Barbara Fox · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/574,016
filed 11 Aug 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D815726
granted 17 Apr 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, and left…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and left side perspective view of a therapy unit assembly showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear, and right side perspective view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the therapy unit assembly which form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/108

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Pendency
1.7 y
614 days filing → grant
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1
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Examiner
Barbara Fox
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5 members · 4 offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D764047-SS116 Aug 201628 May 2014grantedTherapy unit assembly
USthis patentUS-D815726-SS117 Apr 201811 Aug 2016grantedTherapy unit assembly
JPJP-1527767-SS29 Jun 20151 Aug 2014grantedno title held
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-356494-SS15 Jul 201416 Jun 2014publishedTherapy unit assembly
CACA-157935-SS20 Apr 201530 Jul 2014grantedTherapy unit assembly

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