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Sample container rack

Granted 5 Nov 2019 · 2 office actions

Application
29/664,770
filed 27 Sep 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D865994
granted 5 Nov 2019

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Description

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

The present application is also related to U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/554,962, 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 all of which are 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 left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right 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 dash-dot-lines are boundary lines that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/227

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Pendency
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404 days filing → grant
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Examiner
Manpreet S Matharu
art unit 2922 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D836794-SS125 Dec 201817 Feb 2016grantedSample container rack
USthis patentUS-D865994-SS15 Nov 201927 Sep 2018grantedSample container rack
USUS-D894424-SS125 Aug 202030 Sep 2019grantedSample container rack
JPJP-1578338-SS5 Jun 201716 Aug 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1586681-SS25 Sep 201716 Aug 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201614440-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
AUAU-201616118-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
AUAU-201616119-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
CACA-169988-SS19 Oct 201817 Aug 2016grantedSample container rack
CACA-175044-SS19 Oct 201817 Aug 2016grantedSample container rack

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