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Negative pressure apparatus module

Granted 31 Dec 2019 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Solventum · originally 3M Company

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Inventors: Benjamin Andrew Pratt, Justin Rice, James Killingworth Seddon · Examiner: Lilyana Bekic · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/586,334
filed 2 Dec 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D871568
granted 31 Dec 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top and front isometric…

FIG. 1 is a top and front isometric view of a negative pressure apparatus module, shown in an environment of use;

FIG. 2 is a bottom and front isometric view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the negative pressure apparatus module;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom and front isometric view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a top and rear isometric view thereof.

The broken line showing of the negative pressure apparatus in FIGS. 1-2 depicts environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design. All other broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the negative pressure apparatus module that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/110

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Pendency
3.1 y
1,124 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Lilyana Bekic
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
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