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Surgical fastener

Granted 5 Apr 2022 · no office action yet

Application
29/747,026
filed 19 Aug 2020
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US D948043
granted 5 Apr 2022

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Description

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›The Applicant of the present application owns the…

The Applicant of the present application owns the following U.S. Design Patent Applications that were filed on Jun. 24, 2016 and which are each herein incorporated by reference in their respective entireties:

U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/569,227, entitled Surgical Fastener; now U.S. Design Pat. No. D822,206;

U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/569,259, entitled Surgical Fastener Cartridge, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D847,989; and

U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/569,264, entitled Surgical Fastener Cartridge, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D850,617.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a surgical fastener.

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a left elevation view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a right elevation view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a surgical fastener.

FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 10 is a rear elevation view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 13 is a left elevation view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a right elevation view of the surgical fastener of FIG. 8 .

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USUS-D826405-SS121 Aug 201824 Jun 2016grantedSurgical fastener
USUS-D894389-SS125 Aug 202020 Aug 2018grantedSurgical fastener
USthis patentUS-D948043-SS15 Apr 202219 Aug 2020grantedSurgical fastener
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