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Surgical instrument

Granted 6 Aug 2013 · no office action yet

Application
29/404,676
filed 24 Oct 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D687549
granted 6 Aug 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top left perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top left perspective view of a surgical instrument showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom left perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines showing the remainder of the surgical instrument are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/133

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Bridget L Eland
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USthis patentUS-D687549-SS16 Aug 201324 Oct 2011grantedSurgical instrument
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AUAU-342540-SS14 May 201217 Apr 2012publishedOrnamental design for surgical instrument
CACA-145506-SS31 Jan 201324 Apr 2012grantedHandle for a surgical instrument

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