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Sample container rack

Granted 17 Nov 2020 · 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
29/703,910
filed 30 Aug 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D902434
granted 17 Nov 2020

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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 (now D832,454), also entitled Sample Container Rack and filed on Feb. 17, 2016, as well as U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/554,966 (now D836,794), 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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445 days filing → grant
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D836795-SS125 Dec 201817 Feb 2016grantedSample container rack
USUS-D862728-SS18 Oct 201927 Sep 2018grantedSample container rack
USthis patentUS-D902434-SS117 Nov 202030 Aug 2019grantedSample container rack
JPJP-1578339-SS5 Jun 201716 Aug 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1586682-SS25 Sep 201716 Aug 2016grantedno title held
JPJP-1597363-SS13 Feb 201816 Aug 2016grantedno title held
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201614441-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
AUAU-201616131-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
AUAU-201616132-SS1 Nov 201616 Aug 2016publishedSample container rack
CACA-169987-SS19 Oct 201817 Aug 2016grantedSample container rack
CACA-175116-SS19 Oct 201817 Aug 2016grantedSample container rack

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