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Diagnostic instrument and sample cassette combination

Granted 26 Nov 2013 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Wellstat Diagnostics, Llc · originally WELLSTAT DIAGNOSTICS, LLC

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Inventors: Nadine Wohlstadter, Joseph N. K. Ullman, Michael D. Nelson, Richard Cook +1 · Examiner: Anhdao Doan · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/420,965
filed 15 May 2012
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US D694422
granted 26 Nov 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a left front perspective view of a diagnostic instrument and sample cassette combination showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof.

The bottom view is plain and unornamented and is not part of the claimed design. The broken lines depict environmental structure and elements depicted in broken lines are not part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/216

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