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Instrument tower

Granted 8 Aug 2023 · 2 office actions

Application
29/797,871
filed 2 Jul 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D994890
granted 8 Aug 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective view of an instrument tower;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the instrument tower;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the instrument tower;

FIG. 4 is a left-side elevation view of the instrument tower;

FIG. 5 is a right-side elevation view of the instrument tower;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the instrument tower; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the instrument tower.

In the drawings, the broken lines are for the purpose of illustrating portions of the instrument tower that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/185

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Pendency
2.1 y
767 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
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Examiner
Rhea Shields
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5 members · 3 offices
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DOCDB simple family 70682276
Offices
3
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Granted
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D924410-SS16 Jul 202117 Jan 2018grantedInstrument tower
USthis patentUS-D994890-SS18 Aug 20232 Jul 2021grantedInstrument tower
USUS-D1069126-SS11 Apr 20252 Aug 2023grantedInstrument tower
JPJP-1659729-SS18 May 202013 Jul 2018grantedno title held
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201814228-SS22 Oct 201816 Jul 2018publishedInstrument tower

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