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Laboratory instrument

Granted 14 Jul 2020 · 10 office actions

Current assignee: Roche Molecular Systems · originally Roche

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Inventors: Peter Wirz, Karsten Verch, Tobias Nuesch, Johann Florian Wassermann · Examiner: Lilyana Bekic · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/595,048
filed 24 Feb 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D890361
granted 14 Jul 2020

Life of the patent

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Description

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›FIG. 1 a front view of a first…

FIG. 1 a front view of a first embodiment of a laboratory instrument.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a second embodiment of a laboratory instrument.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 7 is a right side view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a right side view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the laboratory instrument of FIG. 2 .

The broken lines show portions of the laboratory instrument that form no part of the claimed design.

The broken line rectangular shape shown within the solid line display panel depicts a portion of the laboratory instrument that forms no part of the claimed design, all other broken lines depict portions of the laboratory instrument 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
D24/232

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Pendency
3.4 y
1,236 days filing → grant
Office actions
5
non-final + final
Responses
5
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Examiner
Lilyana Bekic
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