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Sample container rack

Granted 30 Oct 2018 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company

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Inventors: Dwight Livingston, Michael T. VanSickler · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/554,962
filed 17 Feb 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D832454
granted 30 Oct 2018

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Description

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›The present application is related to U.S. Design…

The present application is related to U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/554,966, also entitled Sample Container Rack and filed on Feb. 17, 2016, as well as U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/554,968, also entitled Sample Container Rack and filed on Feb. 17, 2016, the disclosures of which are all incorporated herein by reference.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a sample container rack according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate unclaimed environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash lines in FIG. 7 form a boundary line that forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/224

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D832454-SS130 Oct 201817 Feb 2016grantedSample container rack
USUS-D862729-SS18 Oct 201928 Sep 2018grantedSample container rack
USUS-D885604-SS126 May 202028 Sep 2018grantedSample container rack
USUS-D902433-SS117 Nov 202030 Aug 2019grantedSample container rack
JPJP-1578340-SS5 Jun 201717 Aug 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1586679-SS25 Sep 201717 Aug 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1586680-SS25 Sep 201717 Aug 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201614438-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
AUAU-201616113-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
AUAU-201616114-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
CACA-169990-SS19 Oct 201817 Aug 2016grantedSample container rack
CACA-174128-SS19 Oct 201817 Aug 2016grantedSample container rack
CACA-174129-SS19 Oct 201817 Aug 2016grantedSample container rack

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