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Device for applying negative pressure to a wound

Granted 28 Jul 2020 · 4 office actions

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

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Inventors: Kathryn Ann Leigh, Kealoha Young Deutsch, Carrie Lee Childress, Robert H. Roth +6 · Examiner: Lilyana Bekic · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/644,076
filed 13 Apr 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D891607
granted 28 Jul 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right side perspective view of a device for applying negative pressure to a wound.

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 right side view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a left 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 device for applying negative pressure to a wound which form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/108

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Pendency
2.3 y
837 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Examiner
Lilyana Bekic
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
Citations: 250 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

6 members · 4 offices
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Offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D764048-SS116 Aug 201628 May 2014grantedDevice for applying negative pressure to a wound
USUS-D815727-SS117 Apr 201811 Aug 2016grantedDevice for applying negative pressure to a wound
USthis patentUS-D891607-SS128 Jul 202013 Apr 2018grantedDevice for applying negative pressure to a wound
JPJP-1527766-SS29 Jun 20151 Aug 2014grantedno title held
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-356486-SS15 Jul 201416 Jun 2014publishedDevice for applying negative pressure to a wound
CACA-157957-SS20 Apr 201530 Jul 2014grantedDevice for applying negative pressure to a wound

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