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Robotic arm

Granted 28 Jan 2020 · no office action yet

Current assignee: KINOVA INC. · originally Johnson & Johnson

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Inventors: Frankie Vazquez · Examiner: Patricia A Palasik · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/634,027
filed 17 Jan 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D873878
granted 28 Jan 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of a robotic arm;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of portion 2 encircled in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion 3 encircled in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right-side view of the robotic arm;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of portion 5 encircled in FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 6 is a left-side view of the robotic arm;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of portion 7 encircled in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the robotic arm;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of portion 9 encircled in FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of portion 11 encircled in FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of portion 12 encircled in FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of portion 14 encircled in FIG. 13 ; and,

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view of the robotic arm.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the robotic arm and form no part of the claimed subject matter.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/199

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Pendency
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Examiner
Patricia A Palasik
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5 members · 3 offices
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USthis patentUS-D873878-SS128 Jan 202017 Jan 2018grantedRobotic arm
USUS-D978941-SS121 Feb 202324 Jan 2020grantedRobotic arm
USUS-D1121695-SS17 Apr 202618 Feb 2023grantedRobotic arm
JPJP-1630510-SS7 May 201913 Jul 2018grantedno title held
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AUAU-201814241-SS23 Oct 201816 Jul 2018publishedRobotic arm

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