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Surgical microscope

Granted 25 Dec 2018 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · originally Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung

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Inventors: Xiao Han, Walter Matuschek · Examiner: Sandra S Snapp · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/511,568
filed 11 Dec 2014
Publication
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US D836692
granted 25 Dec 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a first embodiment of the surgical microscope of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a front elevation view of a second embodiment of the surgical microscope of our new design;

FIG. 9 is a rear elevation view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevation view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the surgical microscope of FIG. 8 .

The broken lines disclose unclaimed portions of the surgical microscope, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D16/131

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2
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Examiner
Sandra S Snapp
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USthis patentUS-D836692-SS125 Dec 201811 Dec 2014grantedSurgical microscope
USUS-D926851-SS13 Aug 20212 Nov 2018grantedSurgical microscope
JPJP-1532011-SS24 Aug 201518 Dec 2014grantedno title held
JPJP-1532012-SS24 Aug 201518 Dec 2014grantedno title held
JPJP-1532103-SS24 Aug 201518 Dec 2014grantedno title held
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