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Culture plate reader

Granted 20 Sep 2022 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank · originally 3M Company

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Inventors: John W. Cain · Examiner: Omeed Agilee · AU 2924 · TC 2900

Application
29/735,986
filed 27 May 2020
Publication
Not published
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US D964591
granted 20 Sep 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, right, and top…

FIG. 1 is a front, right, and top perspective view of a culture plate reader showing the tray in an open configuration;

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;

FIG. 8 is a front, right, and top perspective view of the culture plate reader showing the tray in a closed configuration;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a right-side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left-side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the culture plate reader 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
D24/224

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Pendency
2.3 y
846 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
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Examiner
Omeed Agilee
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Worldwide family

3 members · 2 offices
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DOCDB simple family 80326040
Offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D964591-SS120 Sep 202227 May 2020grantedCulture plate reader
JPJP-1707393-SS14 Feb 202227 Nov 2020granted微生物情報測定機ja
JPJP-1707624-SS16 Feb 202227 Nov 2020granted微生物情報測定機ja

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