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Fluid trap

Granted 9 Mar 2021 · 4 office actions

Application
29/627,794
filed 29 Nov 2017
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D912762
granted 9 Mar 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the fluid trap showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 3 is a back elevational view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 8 is a left side view of the filter trap in cross-section;

FIG. 9 is another front perspective view of the fluid trap showing the new design;

FIG. 10 is another front elevational view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 11 is another back elevational view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 12 is another right side elevational view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 13 is another left side elevational view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 14 is another top plan view of the fluid trap;

FIG. 15 is another bottom plan view of the fluid trap; and,

FIG. 16 is another left side view of the filter trap in cross-section.

The broken lines shown in the Figures are for illustrating portions of the fluid trap that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/209D23/365

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Pendency
3.3 y
1,196 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
non-final + final
Responses
2
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Examiner
John A Voytek
art unit 2916 · TC 2900
Citations: 151 back · 0 forward

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Worldwide family

9 members · 5 offices
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Members
9
DOCDB simple family 65718420
Offices
5
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Non-English titles
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›IP5 & PCT — 4 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D912762-SS19 Mar 202129 Nov 2017grantedFluid trap
USUS-D967384-SS118 Oct 202230 Nov 2020grantedFluid trap
JPJP-1626801-SS18 Mar 201928 May 2018grantedno title held
JPJP-1632584-SS27 May 201928 May 2018grantedno title held
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201813165-SS25 Jun 201828 May 2018publishedFluid trap
AUAU-201813437-SS12 Jul 20188 Jun 2018publishedFluid trap
CACA-181553-SS25 Sep 201928 May 2018grantedFluid trap for surgical smoke evacuator
TWTW-D200355-SS21 Oct 201925 May 2018publishedFluid trap
TWTW-D201998-SS11 Jan 202025 May 2018published流體收集器zh

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