USPatentGranted

Canister for collecting wound exudate

Granted 20 Mar 2018 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc. · originally Smith & Nephew

Inventors: Michael T. Roller, Robert H. Roth, Brian P. Bjelovuk, Andrew P. Muser +5 · Examiner: Barbara Fox · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application

29/574,909

filed 19 Aug 2016

Publication

Not published

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US D813374

granted 20 Mar 2018

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8 dated events

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, and left…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and left side perspective view of a canister for collecting wound exudate showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear, and right side perspective view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the canister for collecting wound exudate which form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a canister for collecting wound exudate, as shown and described.

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/108

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Pendency

1.6 y

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Office actions

non-final + final

Responses

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Examiner

Barbara Fox

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Worldwide family

6 members · 4 offices

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Offices

US · JP

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D764653-S	S1	23 Aug 2016	28 May 2014	granted	Canister for collecting wound exudate
USthis patent	US-D813374-S	S1	20 Mar 2018	19 Aug 2016	granted	Canister for collecting wound exudate
US	US-D870265-S	S1	17 Dec 2019	19 Mar 2018	granted	Canister for collecting wound exudate
JP	JP-1527765-S	S	29 Jun 2015	1 Aug 2014	granted	no title held

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-356485-S	S	15 Jul 2014	16 Jun 2014	published	Canister
CA	CA-157937-S	S	20 Apr 2015	30 Jul 2014	granted	Canister

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