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Surgical fastener cartridge

Granted 7 May 2019 · 2 office actions

Application
29/569,259
filed 24 Jun 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D847989
granted 7 May 2019

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›The Applicant of the present application owns the…

The Applicant of the present application owns the following U.S. Design Patent Applications that were filed on Jun. 24, 2016, which are each herein incorporated by reference in their respective entireties:

U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/569,218, entitled Surgical Fastener;

U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/569,227, entitled Surgical Fastener; and

U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/569,264, entitled Surgical Fastener Cartridge.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a surgical fastener cartridge.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the surgical fastener cartridge of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the surgical fastener cartridge of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the surgical fastener cartridge of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is an enlarged left elevation view of the surgical fastener cartridge of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is an enlarged right elevation view of the surgical fastener cartridge of FIG. 1 .

In all figures, broken lines illustrate environmental structures and/or boundaries. The broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/145

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USthis patentUS-D847989-SS17 May 201924 Jun 2016grantedSurgical fastener cartridge
USUS-D896379-SS115 Sep 20205 Mar 2019grantedSurgical fastener cartridge
JPJP-1593236-SS18 Dec 201722 Dec 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1596677-SS5 Feb 201822 Dec 2016grantedno title held

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