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Sharps bin

Granted 3 Sep 2019 · 4 office actions

Assignee: HEALTHBEACON, LTD.

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Inventors: Kieran Daly, James Joyce · Examiner: Anhdao Doan · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/595,655
filed 1 Mar 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D858757
granted 3 Sep 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of the…

FIG. 1 is a front view of the present design for a sharps bin;

FIG. 2 is a back view;

FIG. 3 is a left side view;

FIG. 4 is a right side view;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view; and,

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof.

The broken lines show portions of the sharps bin that 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
D24/131

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Pendency
2.5 y
916 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Anhdao Doan
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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4 members · 4 offices
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Offices
4
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D858757-SS13 Sep 20191 Mar 2017grantedSharps bin
JPJP-1602498-SS23 Apr 201831 Aug 2017grantedno title held
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201715133-SS26 Sep 201729 Aug 2017publishedSharps bin
CACA-176668-SS22 Oct 201830 Aug 2017grantedSharps bin

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