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Hand piece switch adaptor

Granted 4 Aug 2009 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: cilag gmbh international · originally Johnson & Johnson

Inventors: Matthew C. Miller, Cory G. Kimball, Scott A. Woodruff, Shawn C. Snyder +1 · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application

29/298,728

filed 12 Dec 2007

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US D597668

granted 4 Aug 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 depicts a perspective view of embodiment…

FIG. 1 depicts a perspective view of embodiment 1 of a hand piece switch adaptor, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 depicts a top view of the design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 depicts a side view of the design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 depicts a bottom view of the design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 depicts a front view of the design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 depicts a back view of the design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 depicts a perspective view of embodiment 2 of a hand piece switch adaptor, showing our new design;

FIG. 8 depicts a top view of the design of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 9 depicts a side view of the design of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 10 depicts a bottom view of the design of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 11 depicts a front view of the design of FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 12 depicts a back view of the design of FIG. 7 .

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a hand piece switch adaptor, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/133D24/144

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Examiner

Ian Simmons

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D597668-S	S1	4 Aug 2009	12 Dec 2007	granted	Hand piece switch adaptor

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-322109-S	S	13 Nov 2008	12 Jun 2008	published	Hand piece switch adaptor
CA	CA-126420-S	S	20 Oct 2009	10 Jun 2008	granted	Adaptor for a hand piece switch

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