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Pipette tip for a laboratory instrument

Granted 16 Jun 2020 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc. · originally Danaher Corporation

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Inventors: Takayuki Mizutani, Kazuki Umebara, Shigeru Fujii · Examiner: Vy N Koenig · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/680,748
filed 19 Feb 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D887574
granted 16 Jun 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the pipette tip for a laboratory instrument;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view taken along line 8 - 8 shown in FIG. 6 .

The dashed lines in the drawings represent portions of the pipette tip for a laboratory instrument that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/222

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Pendency
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Office actions
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USUS-D841182-SS119 Feb 201928 Oct 2016grantedPipette tip for a laboratory instrument
USthis patentUS-D887574-SS116 Jun 202019 Feb 2019grantedPipette tip for a laboratory instrument
JPJP-1616625-SS29 Oct 201828 Apr 2017grantedno title held

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